Quotes by Ben Hecht

Ben Hecht

American writer, playwright

Lived from: 1894 - 1964

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: United States

Born: 28 february 1894 Died: 18 april 1964

Quotes 21 till 25 of 25.

• There is hardly one in three of us who live in the cities who is not sick with unused self.

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• There's only one law you gotta follow to keep outta trouble. Do it first, do it yourself, and keep on doin' it.

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• Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock.

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• What better is there to sigh for than happiness, yesterday's or tomorrow's.

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• When you overpay small people you frighten them. They know that their merits or activities entitle them to no such sums as they are receiving. As a result their boss soars out of economic into magic significance. He becomes a source of blessings rather than wages. Criticism is sacrilege, doubt is heresy.

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Subjects in these quotes:

• significance
• activities
• yesterday
• receiving
• blessings
• criticism

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