Alan Jay Lerner Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

8 Famous Quotes by Alan Jay Lerner
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“Coughing in the theater is not a respiratory ailment. It is a criticism.”
Theater Quotes
“They civilize what's pretty By puttin' up a city Where nothin' that's Pretty can grow.... They civilize left They civilize right Till nothing is left Till nothing is right”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“An Englishman's way of speaking absolutely classifies him.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“Back home everyone said I didn't have any talent. They might be saying the same thing here but it sounds better in French.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“It's not a pretty face, I grant you. But underneath its flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“Why can't a woman be more like a man?”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“With a little bit of luck, you'll never work!”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“You write a hit the same way you write a flop.”
Miscellaneous Quotes