John Barrymore Quotes & Sayings

I am thinking of taking a fifth wife. Why not? Solomon had a thousand wives and he is a synonym for wisdom. — John Barrymore

There is something about a closet that makes a skeleton terribly restless. — John Barrymore

I would like to find a stew that will give me heartburn immediately, instead of at three o clock in the morning. — John Barrymore

If it isn't the sheriff, it's the finance company; I've got more attachments on me than a vacuum cleaner. — John Barrymore

Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open. — John Barrymore

Love is the delightful interval between meeting a beautiful girl and discovering that she looks like a haddock. — John Barrymore

When archaeologists discover the missing arms of Venus de Milo, they will find she was wearing boxing gloves. — John Barrymore

Die? I should say not, dear fellow. No Barrymore would allow such a conventional thing to happen to him. — John Barrymore

You never realize how short a month is until you pay alimony. — John Barrymore

Dying is the last thing I will ever do. — John Barrymore

Happiness often sneaks in a door you did not know you had left open. — John Barrymore

Method acting? There are quite a few methods. Mine involves a lot of talent, a glass, and some cracked ice. — John Barrymore

My wife is the kind of girl who will not go anywhere without her mother, and her mother will go anywhere. — John Barrymore

America is the country where you can buy a lifetime supply of aspirin For one dollar and use it up in two weeks. — John Barrymore

My only regret in the theater is that I could never sit out front and watch me. — John Barrymore

My wife was too beautiful for words, but not for arguments. — John Barrymore

In Genesis, it says that it is not good for a man to be alone; but sometimes it is a great relief. — John Barrymore

My head is buried in the sands of tomorrow, while my tail feathers are singed by the hot sun of today. — John Barrymore

Happiness always sneaks in through a door you din't know you left open — John Barrymore

Busy yourselves with this, you damned walruses, while the rest of use proceed with the libretto. — John Barrymore

You can't drown yourself in drink. I've tried, you float. — John Barrymore

You can only be as good as you dare to be bad. — John Barrymore

The good die young, because they see it's no use living if you have got to be good. — John Barrymore

Why is there so much month left at the end of the money? — John Barrymore

The trouble with life is that there are so many beautiful women and so little time. — John Barrymore

A man must pay the fiddler. In my case it so happened that a whole symphony orchestra often had to be subsidized. — John Barrymore

I've read some of your modern free verse and wonder who set it free. — John Barrymore

A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams. — John Barrymore

Sex: the thing that takes up the least amount of time and causes the most amount of trouble. — John Barrymore

Mr. [John] Barrymore's smile was the smile of an actor who hates actors, and who knows that he is going to kill two or three before the play is over. I am not an actor-killer, but I like my Hamlets to dislike actors, if you know what I mean, and I think you don't. — John Barrymore