If a man doesn't know death, he doesn't know life.

- Lionel Barrymore

I can remember when nobody believed an actor and didn't care what he believed.

- Lionel Barrymore

Lincoln said, 'With malice toward none, with charity to all.' Nowadays they say, 'Think the way I do or I'll bomb the daylights outta you.'

- Lionel Barrymore

I've got a lot of ham in me.

- Lionel Barrymore

Maybe it'll stop you trying to be so desperate about making more money than you can ever use? You can't take it with you, Mr. Kirby. So what good is …

- Lionel Barrymore

Half the people in Hollywood are dying to be discovered and the other half are afraid they will be.

- Lionel Barrymore

This is the age of insincerity. The movies had the misfortune to come along in the twentieth century, and because they appeal to the masses there can…

- Lionel Barrymore

To my mind there is nothing so beautiful or so provocative as a secondhand book store...To me it is astonishing and miraculous to think that any one …

- Lionel Barrymore

The older you get, the more you realize that kindness is synonymous with happiness

- Lionel Barrymore