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
character faces enormous
It's not a pretty face, I grant you. But underneath its flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.
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.
night ballet all-night
I could have danced all night!
time eight nine
We met at nine We met at eight I was on time No, you were late Ah yes! I remember it well.
children littles young
Stay close to the young... and a little rubs off.
men ideas doe
Men die but an idea does not.
passion joy pleasure
Pleasure without joy is as hollow as passion without tenderness.
monday sleep night
A schedule so tight that it would only work if I didn't sleep on Monday nights.
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.
winning men squares
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?
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?
judgement amplification youth
Youth has many glories, but judgement is not one of them, and no amount of electronic amplification can turn a belch into an aria.
book magazines world
We used to say that inside Cecil Beaton there was another Cecil Beaton sending out lots of little Cecils into the world. One did the sets, another did the costumes. A third took the photographs. Another put the sketches in an exhibition, then into magazines, then in a book.