The Lord made Adam, the Lord made Eve, he made 'em both a little bit naive.

- Yip Harburg

Ira [Gershwin] was the shyest, most diffident boy we had ever known. In a class of lower east side rapscallions, his soft-spoken gentleness and low-k…

- Yip Harburg

Did God who gave us flowers and trees, Also provide the allergies?

- Yip Harburg

My heart wants roots My mind wants wings. I cannot bear Their bickerings.

- Yip Harburg

They who meet on an April night are forever lost in love, if there's moonlight all about and there's no moon above.

- Yip Harburg

Songs are the pulse of a nation's heart. A fever chart of its health.

- Yip Harburg

Music gives 'wings' to words.

- Yip Harburg

When I'm not near the girl I love, I love the girl I'm near.

- Yip Harburg

If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow, why oh why can't I?

- Yip Harburg