More from Alan Jay Lerner
Why can’t a woman be more like a man? Men are so honest, so thoroughly square.
Alan Jay LernerAlan Jay Lerner We met at nine We met at eight I was on time No, you were late Ah yes! I remember it well.
Alan Jay LernerAlan Jay Lerner There even are places where English completely disappears. In America, they haven’t used it for years!
Alan Jay LernerAlan Jay Lerner On a clear day, how it will astound you That the glow of your feelings outshines every star.
Alan Jay LernerAlan Jay Lerner On a clear day, rise and look around you, and you’ll see who you are.
Alan Jay LernerAlan Jay Lerner Men die but an idea does not.
Alan Jay LernerAlan Jay Lerner Lots of cosy sky That God and I can share. I need air. I need air.
Alan Jay LernerAlan Jay Lerner A schedule so tight that it would only work if I didn’t sleep on Monday nights.
Alan Jay LernerAlan Jay Lerner Pleasure without joy is as hollow as passion without tenderness.
Alan Jay LernerAlan Jay Lerner It’s not a pretty face, I grant you. But underneath its flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.
Alan Jay LernerAlan Jay Lerner 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 LernerAlan Jay Lerner Don’t let it be forgot, that once there was a spot, for one brief shining moment, that was known as Camelot.
Alan Jay LernerAlan Jay Lerner I could have danced all night!
Alan Jay LernerAlan Jay Lerner There’s a smile on my face for the whole human race.
Alan Jay LernerAlan Jay Lerner 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 LernerAlan Jay Lerner By order summer lingers through September In Camelot.
Alan Jay LernerAlan Jay Lerner
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Find someone who can hear you even when you’re silent.
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Shadows follow me the way a vulture stalks death. One small step ahead.
Danielle MontgomeryDanielle Montgomery Hidden in the ashes, of a fallen building lays a child’s family photo, with whom he could never unite in life.
Heba NazarHeba Nazar To love something, someone. You don’t need to own them.
Sonika MSonika M When you miss someone, you realize their worth and your faith.
Aradhna S BirenAradhna S Biren The bed was the canvas, we were the art.
Jonny OxJonny Ox Every little part of your soul was made to shine.
Ashley PrzywolskiAshley Przywolski When in truth, it is the transparency that kills you. The pain of seeing through to something you can never quite touch.
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When I did the first edit of Les plages, it was very dry and very square in a way. I was just saying the minimum. I said, Well, if this is the minimum, I don’t make it. So I tried to make it more refined.
Agnes VardaAgnes Varda When the desire ain’t on me I don’t need help. When it is on me I don’t want any. See? Like the old fellah that never mended his roof. Said on a wet day he couldn’t do it and on a dry day it was as good as anybody’s.
Agnes Sligh TurnbullAgnes Sligh Turnbull You are the sand that doesn’t stick when I am dry and sad.
Makenzie CampbellMakenzie Campbell As a man of faith, God doesn’t bring you to things that you can’t get through. He doesn’t put you in a spot and then leave you out to dry.
Aaron RodgersAaron Rodgers My original appearance disappears just like tears disappear when falling from the eyes. Dried and then lost.
Anand ThakurAnand Thakur Saturate me with you, and never let me dry.
Matt SpenserMatt Spenser If I’m left high and dry at the end of this wild journey, just taking it is a great feeling.
Olivia WildeOlivia Wilde I’m sorry only I can both drown you and be the summer that dries it away.
Hinnah MianHinnah Mian