Quotes from Yip Harburg

Lives of great men all remind us greatness takes no easy way.

No matter how much I prove and prod, I cannot quite believe in God; But oh, I hope to God that He, Unswervingly believes in me.

A Russian child asked his mother : "does God know we don't believe in Him?"

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.

This we learn from Watergate that almost any creep'll be glad to help the Government overthrow the people.

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

I am a rebel by birth... I contest anything that is unjust, that causes suffering in humanity. My feelings about that are so strong, I don't think I could live with myself if I weren't honest.

Say, it's only a paper moon, / Sailing over a cardboard sea.

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

No matter how much I prove and prod, I cannot quite believe in God; But oh, I hope to God that He Unswervingly believes in me.

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.

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

April in Paris, chestnuts in blossom, holiday tables under the trees.

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

Someday I'll wish upon a star.