"Life is something like a trumpet. If you don't put anything in, you won't get anything out."
W. C. Handy(11/16/1873 – 03/28/1958)
US composer
"Life is something like a trumpet. If you don't put anything in, you won't get anything out."
W. C. Handy
"Madam, don't you have any unexpressed thoughts?"
George S. Kaufman
"Say anything you like, but don't say that I 'like' to work. That sounds like Mary Pickford, that prissy bitch. Just say I like to pinch babies and twist their legs. And get drunk."
Mabel Normand
"Take the juice of two quarts of whisky..."
Eddie Condon
"The only reason they come to see me is that I know that life is great—and they know I know it."
Clark Gable
"Wait a minute."
Sam Rayburn
"I'm glad I don't have to face that guy every day. He has that look that few hitters have. I don't know if it's his stance, his eyes or what, but you can tell he means business."
Dwight Gooden
"I'd just like to see a role for women where someone who isn't traditionally attractive is not portraying the best friend. You know, the character that only speaks in questions. 'Gee, are you gonna go out with him? Do you think I look fat?"
Martha Plimpton
"You find out that the universe is a system that creeps up on itself and says 'Boo!' and then laughs at itself for jumping."
Alan Watts
"You're invited to tons of parties, and you'll wear these shoes and that dress, and it can be enticing, but I think it also sucks you dry. If you do it a little, sure, it's fun, but too much and you start to lose your footing."
Maggie Gyllenhaal
"I don't really know why, but danger has always been an important thing in my life—to see how far I could lean without falling, how fast I could go without cracking up."
William H. Holden
"Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it."
Milton Friedman