Living in the lap of luxury isn't bad, except that you never know when luxury is going to stand up |
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason. |
Movie directing is a perfect refuge for the mediocre. |
My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people. |
Nobody gets justice. People only get good luck or bad luck. |
Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest. |
Now I'm an old Christmas tree, the roots of which have died. They just come along and while the little needles fall off me replace them with medallions. |
Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations |
Only very intelligent people don't wish they were in politics, and I'm dumb enough to want to be in there. |
Popularity should be no scale for the election of politicians. If it would depend on popularity, Donald Duck and The Muppets would take seats in senat. |
Race hate isn't human nature; race hate is the abandonment of human nature. |
Race hate isn't human nature; race hate is the abandonment of human nature. |
The basic and essential human is the woman |
The best thing commercially, which is the worst artistically, by and large, is the most successful. |
The director is simply the audience. . . . His job is to preside over accidents. |