That God has managed to survive the inanities of the religions that do Him homage is truly a miraculous proof of His existence.
BEN HECHTLike the actor, authority has faith in its false whiskers. But its deepest faith is in the human illusion. People will hang on to illusion as eagerly as life itself.
More Ben Hecht Quotes
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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 then – the alley.
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The honors Hollywood has for the writer are as dubious as tissue-paper cuff links.
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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. As a result their boss soars out of economic into magic significance.
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Despite all our toil and progress, the art of medicine still falls somewhere between trout casting and spook writing.
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I discovered early in my movie work that a movies never any better than the stupidest man connected with it. There are times when this distinction may be given to the writer or director. Most often it belongs to the producer.
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I’m a Hollywood writer, so I put on my sports jacket and take off my brain.
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In moderating, not satisfying desires, lies peace.
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Love is the magician that pulls him out of his own hat.
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A movie is never any better than the stupidest man connected with it.
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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 of a clock.
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The only practical way yet discovered by the world for curing its ills is to forget about them.
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I have usually forgotten those who have admired my work, and seldom anyone who disliked it. Obviously, this is because praise is never enough and censure always too much.
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Of the things men give each other the greatest is loyalty.
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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.
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Criticism can never instruct or benefit you. Its chief effect is that of a telegram with dubious news. Praise leaves no glow behind, for it is a writer’s habit to remember nothing good of himself.
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