Ben-hecht Quote by Ben Hecht

People's sex habits are as well known in Hollywood as their political opinions, and much less criticized.

— Ben Hecht

Movies are one of the bad habits that have corrupted our century. They have slipped into the American mind more misinformation in one evening…

— Ben Hecht

Chicago is a sort of journalistic Yellowstone Park, offering haven to a last herd of fantastic bravos.

— Ben Hecht

I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they are both looking for…

— Ben Hecht

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…

— Ben Hecht

There's only one law you gotta follow to keep outta trouble. Do it first, do it yourself, and keep on doin' it.

— Ben Hecht

The only practical way yet discovered by the world for curing its ills is to forget about them.

— Ben Hecht

Since my boyhood, I have sought always to please, but out of a kindness in me, never out of fear or respect for what…

— Ben Hecht

“was asked, ‘Can you bring six million Jews to Palestine?’ I replied, ‘No.’ . . . The old ones will pass. They will bear…

— Ben Hecht

“I noticed early that pompous people have actually less a high opinion of themselves than a desire to create such an opinion in others.”

— Ben Hecht

Three years ago, the white hope of the theatre. Today, a mug. That's New York for you. Puts you on a Christmas tree, and…

— Ben Hecht

Television excites me because it seems to be the last stamping ground of poetry, the last place where I hear women's hair rhapsodically described,…

— Ben Hecht