All Ben Hecht Quotes
- The rule in the art world is: you cater to the masses or you kowtow to the elite; you can't have both. Art
- I'm a Hollywood writer, so I put on my sports jacket and take off my brain. Brain
- 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… Adventure
- When you overpay small people you frighten them. They know that their merits or activities entitle them to no such sums as they are receiving.… Activities
- Love is the magician that pulls man out of his own hat. Complicated Relationship
- Time is a circus, always packing up and moving away. Always Packing
- Love is a hole in the heart. Heart
- Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand… Business
- I'll tell you a secret. We live in a mad and inspiring world. Inspirational
- There was a land of Cavaliers and Cotton Fields called the Old South. Here in this pretty world, Gallantry took its last bow. Here was… Book
- Hollywood held this double lure for me, tremendous sums of money for work that required no more effort than a game of pinochle. Double
- I discovered early in my movie work that a movie is never any better than the stupidest man connected with it. There are times when… Any
- Listen, little boy. In this business, there's only one law you gotta follow to keep outta trouble. Do it first, do it yourself, and keep… Boy
- There's only one law you gotta follow to keep outta trouble. Do it first, do it yourself, and keep on doin' it. Doin
- We are going to make sure that there is high-speed broadband available to everyone, and affordable to people historically kept out of it. It means… Access
- We looked on the hopheads, crooks and gunsels and on their bawdy ladies as members of a family among whom we were privileged to move.… Among