The Rat Pack Of Hollywood Quotes & Sayings

To the generations of Americans raised since World War 2, the identities of criminals such as Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd, Baby Face Nelson, "Ma" Barker, John Dillenger, and Clyde Barrow are no more real than are Luke Skywalker and Indiana Jones. After decades spent in the washing machine of popular culture, their stories have been bled of all reality, to an extent that few Americans today know who these people actually were, much less that they all rose to national prominence at the same time. They were real. — Bryan Burrough

Poverty, the mother of manhood. Also, the mother of prostitution. — Lucan

As a society we should try to never inhibit another person's creativity. In people like myself, it's all we have. — Michael Houbrick

Lying damages others. Lying subtly permits us to destroy ourselves as we are caught in the snare and shatter our own self-image and credibility. Freedom from deceit and lying improves self and gives all of us peace of mind. — Marvin J. Ashton

I have always preferred cheerfulness to mirth. The latter I consider as an act, the former as a habit of mind. Mirth is short and transient, cheerfulness fixed and permanent. — Joseph Addison

Some problems in the world are not bullet-izable. — H.R. McMaster

Clap an extinguisher upon your irony if you are unhappily blessed with a vein of it. — Charles Lamb

This is not an easy time for humorists because the government is far funnier than we are. — Art Buchwald

Absolutely the worst thing about this job is the travel and being away from family. I have a wife and three wonderful children, the kids are all active in sports and it's very difficult to up and leave and miss them growing up. — Roy Clark

Left-handed pitchers get paid a lot of money to get left-handed guys out or else they wouldn't be in there. They feel confident going up against lefties. If you look at most lefties' numbers, typically they happen to be better against lefties than against righties. That's all it is. — Curtis Granderson

Ah, the world was ever so. How sad are heroes when their tasks are done ... — Michael Moorcock

Having a bunch of friends who are rats can actually be a good thing. That's the one fact that I can take to the bank, literally. — Michael Houbrick

They call you heartless; but you have a heart and I love you for being ashamed to show it. — Friedrich Nietzsche