Richard Harris Quotes & Sayings

No one trusts me any more. I spent half the movie Maigret (1988) (TV) arguing with people and I was accused of causing big on-set rows. But what they won't tell you is I fought for Simeneon. I fought for the maintenance of quality. I don't believe in lyin. — Richard Harris

Tragedy, after all, is the invisible hand that spawns reflection, and reflection bears its fruit in the deepening of one's character. — Richard Harris

The reality was that Warner wasn't there. If there were two people or 20 people identifying him, they were wrong. — Richard Harris

Marriage is a custom brought about by women who then proceed to live off men and destroy them, completely enveloping the man in a destructive cocoon or eating him away like a poisonous fungus on a tree. — Richard Harris

I was referred to her by a guardian in northern Wilmington, a guy who handles people that are moving into nursing homes. They leave all their stuff there, and we have to empty the houses out. She provides a great service — Richard Harris

Someone left the cake out in the rain. I don't think that I can take it, cause it took so long to bake it, and I'll never have that recipe again. Oh, no. — Richard Harris

I turned Hamlet down because it was going to take up too much of my drinking time. — Richard Harris

I formed a new group called Alcoholics-Unanimous. If you don't feel like a drink, you ring another member and he comes over to persuade you. — Richard Harris

[A]s you will come to see, everything in life comes at a price. Nothing is free, not a single thing, tangible or intangible. There is an equilibrium at play all the time. For every gain, there is a loss of equal value. For every heart that is broken, one is sutured. It's called balance, and it's the only reason the universe doesn't collapse onto itself at any given moment. — Richard Harris

Many kids turn to selling drugs. It's not a good career choice, but they see it as a way to get money. — Richard Harris

Looking at these numbers, what do they tell anyone who's got any common sense? Everything you're seeing is just too little, too late. — Richard Harris

LOL has turned into something you type when you have nothing better to add into a conversation. — Richard Harris

When a man sees his end, he wants to know there was some purpose to his life. — Richard Harris

Probably the most distinctive characteristic of the successful politician is selective cowardice. — Richard Harris

I swim in a pool of my own neurosis. I carry love, grief deeply, like an Irishman. — Richard Harris

The law does not require you to be a mind-reader — Richard Harris

Winning the Pulitzer is not that big a deal. I have seen hundreds of plays that have won the prize and you couldn't sit half way through it. The Pulitzer is a common prize that means very little. — Richard Harris

I often sit back and think, I wish I'd done that, and find out later that I already have. — Richard Harris

There's more fiction in my life than in books, so I don't bother with them. — Richard Harris

Jesus is just a word I use to swear with. — Richard Harris

I don't drink because I have problems or I want to escape. I just love drinking and being drunk. — Richard Harris