Alan Jay Lerner Quotes and Sayings - Page 1

“Coughing in the theater is not a respiratory ailment. It is a criticism.”
-- Alan Jay Lerner

#Criticism #Theatre #Coughing

“You write a hit the same way you write a flop.”
-- Alan Jay Lerner

#Writing #Way #Songwriting

“Why can't the English teach their children how to speak?”
-- Alan Jay Lerner

#Children #Writing #Speak

“Youth has many glories, but judgement is not one of them, and no amount of electronic amplification can turn a belch into an aria.”
-- Alan Jay Lerner

#Judgement #Amplification #Youth

“Back home everyone said I didn't have any talent. They might be saying the same thing here but it sounds better in French.”
-- Alan Jay Lerner

#Home #Sound #Might

“Men die but an idea does not.”
-- Alan Jay Lerner

#Men #Ideas #Doe

“Why can't a woman be more like a man?”
-- Alan Jay Lerner

#Men

“I'm getting married in the morning! / Ding dong! the bells are gonna chime. / Pull out the stopper! Let's have a whopper! / But get me to the church on time!.”
-- Alan Jay Lerner

#Morning #Church #Bells

“The winter is forbidden till December, And exits March the second on the dot. By order summer lingers through September In Camelot.”
-- Alan Jay Lerner

#Summer #Winter #Order

“Why can't a woman be more like a man? Men are so honest, so thoroughly square; Eternally noble, historically fair; Who, when you win, will always give your back a pat. Why can't a woman be like that?”
-- Alan Jay Lerner

#Winning #Men #Squares

“It's not a pretty face, I grant you. But underneath its flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.”
-- Alan Jay Lerner

#Character #Faces #Enormous

“A schedule so tight that it would only work if I didn't sleep on Monday nights.”
-- Alan Jay Lerner

#Monday #Sleep #Night

“We met at nine We met at eight I was on time No, you were late Ah yes! I remember it well.”
-- Alan Jay Lerner

#Time #Eight #Nine

“On a clear day, rise and look around you and you'll see who you are on a clear day, how it will astound you that the glow of your being outshines every star! You feel part of every mountain, sea and shore. You can hear from far and near a world you've never heard before And on that clear day you can see forever more”
-- Alan Jay Lerner

#Spiritual #Stars #Sea

“I could have danced all night!”
-- Alan Jay Lerner

#Night #Ballet

“Don't let it be forgot, that once there was a spot, for one brief shining moment, that was known as Camelot.”
-- Alan Jay Lerner

#Shining #Moments #Camelot

“For a painter, the Mecca of the world, for study, for inspiration and for living is here on this star called Paris. Just look at it, no wonder so many artists have come here and called it home. Brother, if you can't paint in Paris, you'd better give up and marry the boss's daughter.”
-- Alan Jay Lerner

#Daughter #Brother #Stars

“All to often, however, what she [the woman] does want is the man she hopes she will make out of the man she already has.”
-- Alan Jay Lerner

#Men #Doe #Want

“An Englishmans way of speaking absolutely classifies him.”
-- Alan Jay Lerner

#Way

“Stay close to the young... and a little rubs off.”
-- Alan Jay Lerner

#Children #Littles #Young

“There even are places where English completely disappears. In America, they haven't used it for years! Why can't the English teach their children how to speak?”
-- Alan Jay Lerner

#Children #Writing #Years