I don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could.

Quote by Orson Welles

Topics: Orson Welles Quotes

Race hate isn't human nature; race hate is the abandonment of human nature.

Race hate isn't human nature; race hate is the abandonment of human nature.

Movie directing is a perfect refuge for the mediocre.

Movie directing is a perfect refuge for the mediocre.

The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.

The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.

She's a perfect person, I hate the bitch.

She's a perfect person, I hate the bitch.

I have a great love and respect for religion, great love and respect for atheism....

I have a great love and respect for religion, great love and respect for atheism....

A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head...

A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head...

A film is never really any good unless the camera is an eye in the...

A film is never really any good unless the camera is an eye in the...

Race hate isn't human nature; race hate is the abandonment of human nature.

Race hate isn't human nature; race hate is the abandonment of human nature.

If there hadn't been women we'd still be squatting in a cave eating raw meat,...

If there hadn't been women we'd still be squatting in a cave eating raw meat,...

Gluttony is not a secret vice.

Gluttony is not a secret vice.

Gluttony is not a secret vice.

Gluttony is not a secret vice.

Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations.

Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations.

A good artist should be isolated. If he isn't isolated, something is wrong.

A good artist should be isolated. If he isn't isolated, something is wrong.

I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about...

I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about...

Hollywood is the only industry, even taking in soup companies, which does not have laboratories...

Hollywood is the only industry, even taking in soup companies, which does not have laboratories...

Everybody denies I am a genius - but nobody ever called me one!

Everybody denies I am a genius - but nobody ever called me one!

I want to give the audience a hint of a scene. No more than that....

I want to give the audience a hint of a scene. No more than that....

Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.

Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.

My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three...

My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three...

If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your...

If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your...