Ben Hecht Quotes

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

Ben Hecht

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

KindnessFearRespectMeNeverOut

My poems... the ones that start out as jokes become these big ponderous things and the ones that start out ponderous devolve into jokes.

Jess Walter

StartBecomeOutJokesThingsBig

I used to make snap judgments, moved quickly. It's more important to be thoughtful, think of the consequences of your decisions.

John Hickenlooper

ThinkDecisionsThoughtfulImportant

Jazz is like wine. When it is new, it is only for the experts, but when it gets older, everybody wants it.

Steve Lacy

WineNewJazzOnlyLikeOlder

My commitment is my commitment.

Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

Commitment

If there is any sense of order to the universe, acting is what I am meant to do. I'm not manufactured. I know acting isn't real, that it's temporary. If there is any theme to the roles I play, it is emotional vulnerability and availability.

DJ Qualls

I AmUniverseActingPlayKnowReal

I'm very much into 'The Bachelor,' that is for sure.

Chris Lane

BachelorSureMuchVery

Misogyny is at the reptilian brain stem of a lot of right-wing politics.

Bradley Whitford

PoliticsBrainStemRight-WingLot

Whenever you want something that you're not going to get, suddenly the whiney 3-year-old comes out in you.

Brie Larson

YouWantOutSomethingGoingGet

I speak English. I dream in it. I cannot separate my English from my Shona; I see the world with those two languages.

Petina Gappah

WorldSpeakDreamTwoSeeI See

Sacred cows make very poor gladiators.

Nikki Giovanni

PoorSacredMakeCowsVery

I am starting to get into this whole idea of caring about what I wear. There was a time in my life when I could not care less about fashion.

James Marsden

LifeTimeI AmCaringFashionCare

Kids go to school; we develop them at school. We develop them later on in the workplace so that we get better quality individuals, so that we get less people that are dependent or get into problems.

Gerry Harvey

QualitySchoolPeopleBetterGoGet

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