Quotes by Abraham Polonsky

Abraham Polonsky

American film director, screenwriter and novelist

Lived from: 1910 - 1999

Category: Movie | Writers (Contemporary)

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  • A holiday is when you celebrate something that's all finished up, that happened a long time ago and now there's nothing left to celebrate but the dead.
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  • A man could spend the rest of his life trying to remember what he shouldn't have said.
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  • Do you know what it's like to love and be alone?
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  • I'll give you my answer calmly and sensibly, my final answer. My final answer is finally no. The answer is no! Absolutely and finally no! Finally and positively no! No! No! No! N - O!
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  • Indians don't last in prison. They weren't born for it like the whites.
    Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969)
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  • Twenty years ago I wanted to move to a nice place so our Charley would grow up a nice boy and learn a profession. But instead we live in a jungle, so he can only be a wild animal. D'you think I picked the East Side like Columbus picked America?.
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  • What are you gonna do? Kill me? Everybody dies.
    Body and Soul (1947)
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  • What you doin' with such a big ol' dog in New York? Never had a wife.
    Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
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  • Yeah, yeah, I know I got rid of the headache. Now I got cancer.
    Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
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  • You must never throw away things that are worth good money.
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What are the most famous quotes from Abraham Polonsky?

The two most famous quotes from Abraham Polonsky are:

  • "A holiday is when you celebrate something that's all finished up, that happened a long time ago and now there's nothing left to celebrate but the dead."
  • "A man could spend the rest of his life trying to remember what he shouldn't have said."

When did Abraham Polonsky live?

Abraham Polonsky was born in 1910 and died in the year 1999.