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Yip Harburg
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Yip Harburg
Age: 84 †
Born: 1896
Born: April 8
Died: 1981
Died: March 5
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Edgar Yipsel Yip Harburg
Edgar Yipsel Harburg
E. Y. Harburg
Isidore Hochberg
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More quotes by Yip Harburg
My heart wants roots My mind wants wings. I cannot bear Their bickerings.
Yip Harburg
This we learn from Watergate that almost any creep'll be glad to help the Government overthrow the people.
Yip Harburg
April in Paris, chestnuts in blossom, holiday tables under the trees.
Yip Harburg
How are things in Glocca Mora this fine day?
Yip Harburg
As the writer of the lyric of the song 'God's Country,' I am outraged by the suggestion that somehow I am connected with, believe in, or am sympathetic with Communist or totalitarian philosophy.
Yip Harburg
WHERE and WHEN, Are lost in space. THERE and THEN, Do not embrace. So before we disappear, Come sweet NOW and kiss the HERE.
Yip Harburg
All the heroes of tomorrow are the heretics of today.
Yip Harburg
Follow the fellow who follows a dream.
Yip Harburg
If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow, why oh why can't I?
Yip Harburg
Lives of great men all remind us greatness takes no easy way.
Yip Harburg
Someday I'll wish upon a star.
Yip Harburg
Virtue is its own revenge.
Yip Harburg
There ought to be a law against necessity.
Yip Harburg
For what we are about to receive, Oh Lord 'tis Thee we thank,' said the cannibal as he cut a slice off the missionary's shank.
Yip Harburg
When I'm not near the girl I love, I love the girl I'm near.
Yip Harburg
I am one of the last of a small tribe of troubadours, who still believe that life is a beautiful and exciting journey with a purpose and grace which are well worth singing about.
Yip Harburg
Ding-dong, the wicked witch is dead.
Yip Harburg
Follow the yellow brick road.
Yip Harburg
Did God who gave us flowers and trees, Also provide the allergies?
Yip Harburg
When the idle poor, Become the idle rich, You'll never know, Just who is who, Or who is which.
Yip Harburg
