Quotes about Irving Berlin

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After lunch with composer Irving Berlin who he had confused with political theorist Isaiah Berlin:

Berlin's just like most bureaucrats. Wonderful on paper but disappointing when you meet them face to face.

Winston Churchill

The radio was playing "Easter Parade" and I thought, But this is Jewish genius on a par with the Ten Commandments. God gave Moses the Ten Commandments and then He gave to Irving Berlin "Easter Parade" and "White Christmas."... Easter he turns into a fashion show and Christmas into a holiday about snow.

There is no business like show business, Irving Berlin once proclaimed, and thirty years ago he may have been right, but not anymore. Nowadays almost every business is like show business, including politics, which has become more like show business than show business is.