Memorable Quotes and quotations from Orson WellesOrson Welles US actor & director (1915 - 1985)Orson Welles - - Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations. Orson Welles - - 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. Orson Welles - - Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason. Orson Welles - The Third Man, 1949 - 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. Orson Welles - - Gluttony is not a secret vice. Orson Welles - - My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people. Orson Welles - - My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people. Orson Welles - 1966 - I passionately hate the idea of being with it. I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time. Orson Welles - - There are three intolerable things in life - cold coffee, lukewarm champagne, and overexcited women. Orson Welles - - I passionately hate the idea of being with it, I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time. |
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