Burgess Meredith Quotes & Sayings

Wine, it's in my veins and I can't get it out. — Burgess Meredith

I disappear from the public eye and get rediscovered quite often. — Burgess Meredith

That's not fair. That's not fair at all. There was time now. There was, was all the time I needed... - Harry Bemis — Burgess Meredith

Like the seasons of the year, life changes frequently and drastically. You enjoy it or endure it as it comes and goes, as it ebbs and flows. — Burgess Meredith

I'll just take amusement at being a paradox. — Burgess Meredith

Kids ... Can't live with 'em ... Can't shoot 'em! — Burgess Meredith

I was born a character actor. I was never really a leading man type. — Burgess Meredith

Franchot Tone is nuttier than a fruitcake, so don't let the genteel frosting fool you. — Burgess Meredith

All my life, to this day, the memory of my childhood remains grim and incoherent. If I close my eyes and think back, I see little except violence and fear. In those early years, I somehow came to understand I would have to draw from within myself whatever emotional resources I needed to go wherever I was headed. As a result, for years, I became a boy who lived almost totally within himself. — Burgess Meredith