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

Quote by Orson Welles

Topics: Orson Welles Quotes

We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship...

We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship...

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...

Gluttony is not a secret vice.

Gluttony is not a secret vice.

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...

I think we're a kind of desperation. We're sort of a maddening luxury. The basic...

I think we're a kind of desperation. We're sort of a maddening luxury. The basic...

The essential is to excite the spectators. If that means playing Hamlet on a flying...

The essential is to excite the spectators. If that means playing Hamlet on a flying...

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...

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...

I've always found it very sanitary to be broke.

I've always found it very sanitary to be broke.

I passionately hate the idea of being with it; I think an artist has always...

I passionately hate the idea of being with it; I think an artist has always...

At twenty-one, so many things appear solid, permanent, untenable.

At twenty-one, so many things appear solid, permanent, untenable.

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

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

I'm not bitter about Hollywood's treatment of me, but of its treatment of Griffith, von...

I'm not bitter about Hollywood's treatment of me, but of its treatment of Griffith, von...

I have an unfortunate personality. I have the terrible feeling that, because I am wearing...

I have an unfortunate personality. I have the terrible feeling that, because I am wearing...

Create your own visual style... let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for...

Create your own visual style... let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for...

Criminals are never very amusing. It's because they're failures. Those who make real money aren't...

Criminals are never very amusing. It's because they're failures. Those who make real money aren't...

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act...

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act...

Personally, I don't like a girlfriend to have a husband. If she'll fool her husband,...

Personally, I don't like a girlfriend to have a husband. If she'll fool her husband,...

Now I'm an old Christmas tree, the roots of which have died. They just come...

Now I'm an old Christmas tree, the roots of which have died. They just come...

I started at the top and worked my way down.

I started at the top and worked my way down.