Alan Jay Lerner Quotes

Don't let it be forgot, that once there was a spot, for one brief shining moment, that was known as Camelot.

The female sex has no greater fan than I, and I have the bills to prove it.

Stay close to the young ... and a little rubs off.

Pleasure without joy is as hollow as passion without tenderness.

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

Men die but an idea does not.

With a little bit of luck, you'll never work!

The commitment of marriage can frequently arouse some rather peculiar behaviour in men and women alike, but the bizarre notion that one can change the character of one's mate seems to occur more often to women than to men.

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.

Why can't a woman be more like a man?

Lots of cosy sky That God and I can share. I need air. I need air.

I could have spread my wings and done a thousand things I've never done before.

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.

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!.

You see what happens today. Women act like men and want to be treated like women.

Coughing in the theater is not a respiratory ailment. It is a criticism.

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?

Could anyone among us have an inkling or a clue
What magic feats or wizardry and voodoo you can do?
And who would ever guess what powers you possess
And who would not be stunned to see you prove
There's more to us than surgeons can remove
So much more than we ever knew
So much more were we born to do
Should you draw back the curtain, this I am certain
You'll be impressed with you

A schedule so tight that it would only work if I didn't sleep on Monday nights.

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?

The winter is forbidden till December, And exits March the second on the dot. By order summer lingers through September In Camelot.