United States actor and filmmaker (1915-1985)

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In Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love they had five hundred years of democracy and peace and what did that produce The cuckoo clock.
Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch.
Gluttony is not a secret vice.
I hate television. I hate it as much as I hate peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts.
I passionately hate the idea of being with it, I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.
In Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love; they had five hundred years of democracy and peace and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people.
Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations.
There are three intolerable things in life - cold coffee, lukewarm champagne, and overexcited women.
When you are down and out something always turns up-and it is usually the noses of your friends.

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