The best Quotes by Jack Lemmon

The best Quotes by Jack Lemmon

John Uhler Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001) was an American actor. Considered equally proficient in both dramatic and comic roles, Lemmon was known for his anxious, middle-class everyman screen persona in dramedy pictures, leading The Guardian to coin him "the most successful tragi-comedian of his age."

Failure seldom stops you. What stops you is the fear of failure.

If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball.

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I don't think Ed Horman could be dishonest if his life depended on it.

Stay humble. Always answer your phone - no matter who else is in the car.

It's hard enough to write a good drama, it's much harder to write a good comedy, and it's hardest of all to write a drama with comedy. Which is what life is.

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Painting is much more than therapy to me its a way of life.

Tony Curtis

If you know how to live in Vegas you can have the best time.

Tony Curtis

Part of it went on gambling, and part of it went on women. The rest I spent foolishly.

George Raft

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That's L.A. They worship everything and they value nothing.

Sebastian Wilder in La La Land

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Welcome to a city where people trying to disappear aren't actually trying.

Joe Goldberg in You - Season 2 Episode 2

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I lived in L.A. for a few months. It seemed like no one there had parents. Or if they did have parents, they would deny it.

Catherine O'Hara

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Linda: "Why did you decide to come to Los Angeles?"
Lucifer: "The same reason as everyone else: the weather, p*rnstars, Mexican food."

Lucifer Morningstar in Lucifer - Season 1 Episode 3

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California has officially announced that jaywalking is now no longer a crime. So congratulations to the Californians who like walking places. This is great news for the six of you.

Trevor Noah in The Daily Show - October 2022

New Mexico. It's another state. I mean, it's like California, just less traffic.

Lalo Salamanca in Better Call Saul - Season 6 Episode 5

California New Mexico

We all have our little faults. Mine's in California.

Lex Luthor in Superman

All creative people should be required to leave California for three months every year.

Gloria Swanson

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You're gonna like Massachusetts. It's very patriotic - perfect for a fresh start.

Georgia Miller in Ginny & Georgia - Season 1 Episode 1

I'm lucky to have been raised in the most beautiful place - Amherst, Massachusetts, state of my heart. I'm more patriotic to Massachusetts than to almost any place.

Uma Thurman

I will work my heart out to earn the trust of the people of Massachusetts.

Elizabeth Warren

The man in the White House is not the cause of what is broken, he is just the latest and most extreme symptom of what's gone wrong in America. A product of a rigged system that props up the rich and powerful and kicks dirt on everyone else.

Elizabeth Warren (as Senator of Massachusetts) - February 9, 2019

There's a lot of money to be made in scaring people.

Dana Scully in The X-Files

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You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on.

Dean Martin

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Alcohol Funny Quotes

I started watching golf for the first time yesterday. I'm really worried about myself. I was actually enjoying it.

Ewan McGregor

For the soul, laughing is what oxygen is for the lungs.

Louis de Funès

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Laughing & Smile

It's not about the absence of fear. It's overcoming it.

Emma Watson

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If there hadn't been women we'd still be squatting in a cave eating raw meat, because we made civilization in order to impress our girlfriends.

Orson Welles

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My philosophy is: It's none of my business what people say of me and think of me.

Anthony Hopkins

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Self-Confidence Gossip & Rumors

My father always said, "Never trust anyone whose TV is bigger than their book shelf" - so I make sure I read.

Emilia Clarke

We think too much and feel too little.

Charlie Chaplin

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Thinking Feelings & Emotions

If one does not attach himself to people and desires, never shall his heart be broken. But then, does he ever truly live?

Jackie Chan

One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real.

Klaus Kinski

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Failures & Mistakes

I'm much more proud of being a father than being an actor.

Bruce Willis

I dream of a day where I walk down the street and hear people talk about Morality, Sustainibility and Philoshophy instead of the Kardashians.

Keanu Reeves

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The Kardashians

Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

Ryan Reynolds - September 2025

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