Ben Hecht Quotes

A man nearly always loves for other reasons than he thinks. A lover is apt to be as full of secrets from himself as is the object of his love from him.

Ben Hecht

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 28, 1894 - April 18, 1964

Topics

LoveManSecretsHimAlwaysObject

Video is a funny thing. It's one thing to be an artist, singer-songwriter, and use words and create pictures in people's minds. And then be asked to do video for it, to actually give a certain visual for your song.

Melissa Etheridge

FunnyWordsPeopleSongArtistGive

If you're one of the hundreds of thousands of people out there toiling over your unpublished manuscript, trying to make your way across that vast ocean in a bathtub, I can only say this to you: keep paddling. Well, either that or start vlogging.

John Niven

OceanPeopleStartTryingYouI Can

Whenever someone wants to say something to a whole mass of people by breaking into song, there's probably something wrong with them.

Robert Lopez

PeopleSongSomeoneWrongSayWhole

I've been a minor celebrity since I was 23 years old.

Tony Wilson

CelebrityOldYearsBeenMinor

I'm just fighting a lot of high-level guys. I feel everyone is trying to be tactical, everyone is trying to put their A-game out there, and I have to find a way to win. I'm all about moving on and trying to get better.

Robbie Lawler

Moving OnMovingWinBetterFighting

I studied with Sandy Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse. I was in the last class to study with him before he had his larynx removed, so I actually remember the sound of his voice. He was an incredible teacher.

Mary Steenburgen

TeacherVoiceRememberClassStudy

You shape your own destiny.

Chet Atkins

DestinyYouOwnShapeYour

You can't fast-forward heartbreak, and you can't rewind love - and that's just one big bummer.

Chelsea Handler

LoveYouBigHeartbreakJust One

You can't get a good crew and a good sound system, and a good light system if you do a small tour. If you want the best, those guys want a commitment of about 4 to 6 months. And I'd want the best people and the best stuff.

Bob Seger

GoodLightBestCommitmentPeople

With me and Bill... I think we started out with $15 apiece and split the other $20 between the band.

Bobby Hatfield

MeThinkBandOutStartedSplit

I have no plans to rock myself to sleep in my bath chair yet.

Bruce Forsyth

MyselfSleepChairBathPlansRock

Whenever anything 'gay' comes along, everybody wants that thing to somehow be everything to everybody. And usually, it is too gay or not gay enough. There's never the right amount. I think that happens a little bit in the media.

Perfume Genius

ThinkEnoughMediaGayNeverRight

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