Alan Jay Lerner
Alan Jay Lerner
Alan Jay Lernerwas an American lyricist and librettist. In collaboration with Frederick Loewe, and later Burton Lane, he created some of the world's most popular and enduring works of musical theatre for both the stage and on film. He won three Tony Awards and three Academy Awards, among other honors...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDramatist
Date of Birth31 August 1918
CountryUnited States of America
children writing years
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?
character faces enormous
It's not a pretty face, I grant you. But underneath its flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.
children writing speak
Why can't the English teach their children how to speak?
air sky needs
Lots of cosy sky That God and I can share. I need air. I need air.
shining moments spots
Don't let it be forgot, that once there was a spot, for one brief shining moment, that was known as Camelot.
race faces smile-on-my-face
There's a smile on my face for the whole human race.
wings done my-fair-lady
I could have spread my wings and done a thousand things I've never done before.
england without-you stills
England still will be here without you.
girl heaven littles
Thank heaven for little girls! For little girls get bigger every day.
men my-fair-lady
Why can't a woman be more like a man?
men ideas doe
Men die but an idea does not.
daughter brother stars
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.
men want doe
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.
way
An Englishmans way of speaking absolutely classifies him.