E.Y. Harburg Quotes

The World would be a safer place If someone had a plan Before exploring Outer Space To find the Inner Man.

E.Y. Harburg

All the heroes of tomorrow are the heretics of today.

E.Y. Harburg

Hammacher Schlemmer is selling a shelter,worthy of Kubla Khan's Xanadu dome;Plushy and swanky, with posh hanky pankythat affluent Yankees can really callhome.Hammacher Schlemmer is selling a shelter,a push-button palace, fluorescent repose;Electric devices for facing a crisiswith frozen fruit ices and cinema shows.Hammacher Schlemmer is selling a shelterall chromium kitchens and rubber-tiled dorms;With waterproof portals to echo the chortlesof weatherproof mortals in hydrogen storms.What a great come-to-glory emporium!To enjoy a deluxe moratorium,Where nuclear heat can beguile the elitein a creme-de-la-creme crematorium.

E.Y. Harburg

Words make you think. Music makes you feel. A song makes you feel a thought.

E.Y. Harburg