I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they are both looking for alms from me, the rich man for the alms of my envy, the poor man for the alms of my guilt.
Innocent people can get into terrible jams, too. One false move and you're in over your head. - Ben Hecht
Innocent people can get into terrible jams, too. One false move and you're in over your head.
- Ben Hecht
There is nothing as dull as an intellectual ally after a certain age. - Ben Hecht
There is nothing as dull as an intellectual ally after a certain age.
In the court of the movie Owner, none criticized, none doubted. And none dared speak of art. In the Owner's mind art was a synonym for bankruptcy. Th… - Ben Hecht
In the court of the movie Owner, none criticized, none doubted. And none dared speak of art. In the Owner's mind art was a synonym for bankruptcy. Th…
A wise man will always allow a fool to rob him of ideas without yelling “Thief.” If he is wise he has not been impoverished. Nor has the fool been en… - Ben Hecht
A wise man will always allow a fool to rob him of ideas without yelling “Thief.” If he is wise he has not been impoverished. Nor has the fool been en…
The movies are an eruption of trash that has lamed the American mind and retarded Americans from becoming cultured people. - Ben Hecht
The movies are an eruption of trash that has lamed the American mind and retarded Americans from becoming cultured people.
Socially, a journalist ranks somewhere between the madam of a whorehouse and a bartender. but spiritually he ranks with Galileo, for he knows the wor… - Ben Hecht
Socially, a journalist ranks somewhere between the madam of a whorehouse and a bartender. but spiritually he ranks with Galileo, for he knows the wor…
Much more frequent in Hollywood than the emergence of Cinderella is her sudden vanishing. At our party, even in those glowing days, the clock was alw… - Ben Hecht
Much more frequent in Hollywood than the emergence of Cinderella is her sudden vanishing. At our party, even in those glowing days, the clock was alw…
For many years Hollywood held this double lure for me, tremendous sums of money for work that required no more effort than a game of pinochle. - Ben Hecht
For many years Hollywood held this double lure for me, tremendous sums of money for work that required no more effort than a game of pinochle.
There's one thing that keeps surprising you about stormy old friends after they die - their silence. - Ben Hecht
There's one thing that keeps surprising you about stormy old friends after they die - their silence.
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