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John Barrymore
8 quotes
“Don't worry. For a man who has been dead for fifteen years I am in remarkable health. Love. Mr. Barrymore.”
John Barrymore (1882–1942) first seen 1939 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Telegram sent to Garson Kanin regarding Barrymore's rumored stroke following his collapse prior to a 1939 performance of Catherine Turney's My Dear Children at the Selwyn Theater in Chicago, as quoted in Kanin's Hollywo…
“The way to fight a woman is with your hat. Grab it and run.”
John Barrymore (1882–1942) first seen 1940 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in The Reader's Digest, yr. 19, vol. 37, no. 219 (July 1940), p. 92
“Orson Welles? What are they?”
John Barrymore (1882–1942) first seen 1940 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: When asked by a radio interviewer what he thought of his old friend (about one week prior to portraying Cassius to Welles' in a scene from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, performed live on Rudy Vallée's radio program); as …
“He neither drank, smoked, nor rode a bicycle. Living frugally, saving his money, he died early, surrounded by greedy relatives. It was a great lesson to me.”
John Barrymore (1882–1942) first seen 1941 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Stage (January 1941) (J. P. McEvoy)
“A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.”
John Barrymore (1882–1942) said by 1942 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Gene Fowler, Good Night, Sweet Prince (1943), pt. 2, ch. 10
“The thing that takes up the least amount of time and causes the most amount of trouble is Sex.”
John Barrymore (1882–1942) said by 1942 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reported in Evan Esar, ed., The Dictionary of Humorous Quotations (New York: Bramhall House, 1949), p. 26
“Economics: America is the country where you can buy a lifetime supply of aspirin for a dollar and use it up in two weeks.”
John Barrymore (1882–1942) said by 1942 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Love: The delightful interval between meeting a beautiful girl and discovering that she looks like a haddock.”
John Barrymore (1882–1942) said by 1942 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source