All Jean Anouilh Quotes
- Our entire life - consists ultimately in accepting ourselves as we are. Acceptance
- Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then the mind grows heated. Begin,… Action
- Things are beautiful if you love them. Art
- Love is, above all, the gift of oneself. All
- Oh, love is real enough; you will find it someday, but it has one archenemy - and that is life. Archenemy
- Life is very nice, but it lacks form. It's the aim of art to give it some. Aim
- What you get free costs too much. Catchy
- To say yes, you have to sweat and roll up your sleeves and plunge both hands into life up to the elbows. It is easy… Both
- Inspiration is a farce that poets have invented to give themselves importance. Fake People
- Propaganda is a soft weapon; hold it in your hands too long, and it will move about like a snake, and strike the other way. Hands
- There is love of course. And then there's life, its enemy. Cheesy Love
- A good actor must never be in love with anyone but himself. Actor
- God is on everyone's side... and in the last analysis, he is on the side with plenty of money and large armies. Analysis
- Have you noticed that life, with murders and catastrophes and fabulous inheritances, happens almost exclusively in newspapers? Almost Exclusively
- I like reality. It tastes like bread. Bread
- It takes a certain courage and a certain greatness to be truly base. Base
- Men create real miracles when they use their God-given courage and intelligence. Courage
- We poison our lives with fear of burglary and shipwreck, and, ask anyone, the house is never burgled, and the ship never goes down. Anyone
- Life has a way of setting things in order and leaving them be. Very tidy, is life. Cleanliness
- One cannot weep for the entire world, it is beyond human strength. One must choose. Beyond