All Quotes

Stills belong in the lobby, not on the screen. ”

I'm accused constantly of having 'no signature.' That's the big artistic demerit. You can't tell a Wyler film from another man's film just by looking at it. ”

Poets, like friends to whom you are in debt, you hate. ”

Come, for my part I will have only those glorious, manly pleasures of being very drunk, and very slovenly. ”

Your women of honor, as you call em, are only chary of their reputations, not their persons; and 'Tis scandal that they would avoid, not men. ”

A mistress should be like a little country retreat near the town, not to dwell in constantly, but only for a night and away. ”

Women of quality are so civil, you can hardly distinguish love from good breeding. ”

Marrying to increase love is like gaming to become rich; alas, you only lose what little stock you had before. ”

Women serve but to keep a man from better company. ”

Mistresses are like books; if you pore upon them too much, they doze you and make you unfit for company; but if used discreetly, you are the fitter for conversation by em. ”