Robert Quillen
“Middle age: when you'll do anything to feel better—except give up what is hurting you.”
“There are glimpses of heaven in every act, or thought, or word, that raises us above ourselves.”
“Acting is not being emotional, but being able to express emotion.”
“If we wish to make a new world we have the material ready. The first one, too, was made out of chaos.”
“Good times are when people make debts to pay in bad times.”
“Character is made by what you stand for; reputation by what you fall for.”
“If you count all your assets, you always show a profit.”
“A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers.”
“Another good reducing exercise consists in placing both hands against the table edge and pushing back.”
“Using money you haven't earned to buy things you don't need to impress people you don't like.”
“As we grow older, our bodies get shorter and our anecdotes longer.”
“Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument an exchange of ignorance.”