A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while, he knows something.

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I've had ample contact with lawyers, and I'm convinced that the only fortune they ever...

I've had ample contact with lawyers, and I'm convinced that the only fortune they ever...

Popularity is exhausting. The life of the party almost always winds up in a corner...

Popularity is exhausting. The life of the party almost always winds up in a corner...

The worst tempered people I've ever met were people who knew they were wrong

The worst tempered people I've ever met were people who knew they were wrong

If you count all your assets you always show a profit.

If you count all your assets you always show a profit.

Most hard-boiled people are half-baked.

Most hard-boiled people are half-baked.

In the battle of existence, Talent is the punch; Tact is the clever footwork.

In the battle of existence, Talent is the punch; Tact is the clever footwork.

A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool usually has his suspicions.

A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool usually has his suspicions.

The best way to keep your friends is not to give them away.

The best way to keep your friends is not to give them away.

Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet them on your way...

Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet them on your way...

To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it.

To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it.

It is not in life, but in art that self-fulfillment is to be found.

It is not in life, but in art that self-fulfillment is to be found.

I know of no sentence that can induce such immediate and brazen lying as the...

I know of no sentence that can induce such immediate and brazen lying as the...

In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must...

In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must...

Those who welcome death have only tried it from the ears up.

Those who welcome death have only tried it from the ears up.

A slave has but one master. An ambition man, has as many as there are...

A slave has but one master. An ambition man, has as many as there are...

I respect faith, but doubt is what gives you an education.

I respect faith, but doubt is what gives you an education.

Over in Hollywood they almost made a great picture, but they caught it just in...

Over in Hollywood they almost made a great picture, but they caught it just in...

Hollywood gives a young girl the aura of one giant, self-contained orgy farm, its inhabitants...

Hollywood gives a young girl the aura of one giant, self-contained orgy farm, its inhabitants...

Every actor in his heart believes everything bad that's printed about him.

Every actor in his heart believes everything bad that's printed about him.

It's a scientific fact. For every year a person lives in Hollywood, they lose two...

It's a scientific fact. For every year a person lives in Hollywood, they lose two...