We 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. A third took the photographs. Another put the sketches in an exhibition, then into magazines, then in a book.

Alan Jay Lerner

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Coughing in the theater is not a respiratory ailment. It is a cri... by Alan Jay Lerner

Coughing in the theater is not a respiratory ailment. It is a criticism.

Alan Jay Lerner

coughing theatre criticism

The female sex has no greater fan than I, and I have the bills to... by Alan Jay Lerner

The female sex has no greater fan than I, and I have the bills to prove it.

Alan Jay Lerner

dating fans sex

On a clear day, rise and look around you, and you'll see who you... by Alan Jay Lerner

On a clear day, rise and look around you, and you'll see who you are.

Alan Jay Lerner

stars spiritual sea

Youth 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 Lerner

amplification youth judgement

Stay close to the young... and a little rubs off. by Alan Jay Lerner

Stay close to the young... and a little rubs off.

Alan Jay Lerner

young littles children

Pleasure without joy is as hollow as passion without tenderness. by Alan Jay Lerner

Pleasure without joy is as hollow as passion without tenderness.

Alan Jay Lerner

pleasure passion joy

It's not a pretty face, I grant you. But underneath its flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.

Alan Jay Lerner

enormous faces character

The winter is forbidden till December, And exits March the second on the dot. By order summer lingers through September In Camelot.

Alan Jay Lerner

summer winter order

You write a hit the same way you write a flop. by Alan Jay Lerner

You write a hit the same way you write a flop.

Alan Jay Lerner

songwriting writing way

Why can't a woman be more like a man? Men are so honest, so thoroughly square; 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 Lerner

squares winning men

We met at nine We met at eight I was on time No, you were late Ah... by Alan 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 Lerner

eight nine time

Back home everyone said I didn't have any talent. They might be saying the same thing over here, but it sounds better in French.

Alan Jay Lerner

sound home might

There even are places where English completely disappears. In America, they haven't used it for years! Why can't the English teach their children how to speak?

Alan Jay Lerner

writing children years

I'm getting married in the morning! / Ding dong! the bells are gonna chime. / Pull out the stopper! Let's have a whopper! / But get me to the church on time!.

Alan Jay Lerner

bells church morning

I could have spread my wings and done a thousand things I've neve... by Alan Jay Lerner

I could have spread my wings and done a thousand things I've never done before.

Alan Jay Lerner

my-fair-lady done wings

There's a smile on my face for the whole human race. by Alan Jay Lerner

There's a smile on my face for the whole human race.

Alan Jay Lerner

smile-on-my-face race faces

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 Lerner

doe want men

Don't let it be forgot, that once there was a spot, for one brief shining moment, that was known as Camelot.

Alan Jay Lerner

camelot moments shining

For a painter, the Mecca of the world for study, for inspiration, and for living is here on this star called Paris. Just look at it. No wonder so many artists have come here and called it home. Brother, if you can't paint in Paris, you'd better give up and marry the boss's daughter.

Alan Jay Lerner

daughter stars brother

Lots of cosy sky That God and I can share. I need air. I need air... by Alan Jay Lerner

Lots of cosy sky That God and I can share. I need air. I need air.

Alan Jay Lerner

air sky needs