Why can’t the English teach their children how to speak?
ALAN JAY LERNERAn Englishmans way of speaking absolutely classifies him.
More Alan Jay Lerner Quotes
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On a clear day, how it will astound you That the glow of your feelings outshines every star.
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Pull out the stopper! Let’s have a whopper! / But get me to the church on time!.
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Youth has many glories, but judgement is not one of them, and no amount of electronic amplification can turn a belch into an aria.
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Coughing in the theater is not a respiratory ailment. It is a criticism.
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Why can’t a woman be more like a man? Men are so honest, so thoroughly square.
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I could have spread my wings and done a thousand things I’ve never done before.
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Snow can burn your eyes but only people make you cry.
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There’s a smile on my face for the whole human race.
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Eternally noble, historically fair; Who, when you win, will always give your back a pat. Why can’t a woman be like that?
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Mud can make you prisoner and the plains can make you dry.
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Why can’t a woman be more like a man?
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The female sex has no greater fan than I, and I have the bills to prove it.
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A schedule so tight that it would only work if I didn’t sleep on Monday nights.
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I’m getting married in the morning! / Ding dong! the bells are gonna chime.
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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.
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