Why can’t the English teach their children how to speak?
ALAN JAY LERNERWhy can’t the English teach their children how to speak?
ALAN JAY LERNERAll 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 LERNERWe 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.
ALAN JAY LERNERA third took the photographs. Another put the sketches in an exhibition, then into magazines, then in a book.
ALAN JAY LERNEREngland still will be here without you.
ALAN JAY LERNERDon’t let it be forgot, that once there was a spot, for one brief shining moment, that was known as Camelot.
ALAN JAY LERNEREternally noble, historically fair; Who, when you win, will always give your back a pat. Why can’t a woman be like that?
ALAN JAY LERNERBy order summer lingers through September In Camelot.
ALAN JAY LERNERFor a painter, the Mecca of the world for study, for inspiration, and for living is here on this star called Paris.
ALAN JAY LERNEROn a clear day, how it will astound you That the glow of your feelings outshines every star.
ALAN JAY LERNERThere’s a smile on my face for the whole human race.
ALAN JAY LERNERI’m getting married in the morning! / Ding dong! the bells are gonna chime.
ALAN JAY LERNERThe winter is forbidden till December, And exits March the second on the dot.
ALAN JAY LERNERMen die but an idea does not.
ALAN JAY LERNERPleasure without joy is as hollow as passion without tenderness.
ALAN JAY LERNERYou will follow every mountain, sea and shore, You will see from far and near a world you’ve never seen before.
ALAN JAY LERNER