Men die but an idea does not.
ALAN JAY LERNERMen die but an idea does not.
ALAN JAY LERNERThere even are places where English completely disappears. In America, they haven’t used it for years!
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 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 LERNERIt’s not a pretty face, I grant you. But underneath its flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.
ALAN JAY LERNERSnow can burn your eyes but only people make you cry.
ALAN JAY LERNERYou write a hit the same way you write a flop.
ALAN JAY LERNERBy order summer lingers through September In Camelot.
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 LERNEROn a clear day, how it will astound you That the glow of your feelings outshines every star.
ALAN JAY LERNERYouth has many glories, but judgement is not one of them, and no amount of electronic amplification can turn a belch into an aria.
ALAN JAY LERNERCoughing in the theater is not a respiratory ailment. It is a criticism.
ALAN JAY LERNERMud can make you prisoner and the plains can make you dry.
ALAN JAY LERNEROn a clear day, on a clear day, you can see forever, and ever, and ever more.
ALAN JAY LERNERPleasure without joy is as hollow as passion without tenderness.
ALAN JAY LERNEROn a clear day, rise and look around you, and you’ll see who you are.
ALAN JAY LERNER