Quotes from Jerome Lawrence

You must not demand the failure of your peers, because the more good things that are around in film, in television, in theater - why the better it is for all of us.

When you lose the power to laugh, you lose your power to think straight.

A neurotic is a man who builds a castle in the air. A psychotic is the man who lives in it. A psychiatrist is the man who collects the rent.

A neurotic is a man who builds a castle in the air. A psychotic is the man who lives in it. A psychiatrist is the man who collects the rent.

You must not demand the failure of your peers, because the more good things that are around in film, in television, in theater - why the better it is for all of us.

It's always such a joy that you wake up in the morning and there's work to do.

It would be nice if nobody ever had to make anybody do anything.

Bert, whenever you see something bright, shining, perfect-seeming - all gold, with purple spots - look behind the paint! And if it's a lie - show it up for what it really is!

Hello, Devil. Welcome to Hell.

I hereby excommunicate you from the Milky Way!

All motion is relative. Maybe it's you who've moved away by standing still.

Progress has never been a bargain. You have to pay for it. Sometimes I think there's a man who sits behind a counter and says, "All right, you can have a telephone but you lose privacy and the charm of distance. Madam, you may vote but at a price. You lose the right to retreat behind the powder puff or your petticoat. Mister, you may conquer the air but the birds will lose their wonder and the clouds will smell of gasoline. Henry Drummond, a character in Inherit the Wind

An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral. And the advance of man's knowledge is a greater miracle than all the sticks turned to snakes or the parting of the waters.

I don't swear just for the hell of it. Language is a poor enough means of communication. I think we should use all the words we've got. Besides, there are damn few words that anybody understands. Henry Drummond, a character in Inherit the Wind

When you lose the power to laugh, you lose your power to think straight.

Don't have any opinions. They're bad for business.

I must say that "Right" has no meaning to me whatsoever! Truth has meaning - as a direction. But one of the peculiar imbecilities of our time is the grid of morality we have placed on human behavior: so that every act of man must be measured against an arbitrary latitude of right and longitude of wrong - in exact minutes, seconds, and degrees!... -Henry Drummond, a character in Inherit The Wind

A giant once lived in that body. But Matt Brady got lost. Because he was looking for God too high up and too far away.

When you loose your power to laugh, you loose your power to think straight.

The man who has everything figured out is probably a fool.

Buy a Bible!Your guide to eternal life!

It snows. So I don't even have to go to the pond for fresh water — just reach out the door for a handful of snow. Melt it, and it's sweet as the sky.

Hot dog? Bible? Now that poses a problem! Which is hungrier-my stomach or my soul?

Cynical? Thats my fascination. I do hateful things, for which people love me, And lovable things for which they hate me. I am a friend of enemies, the enemy of friends; I am admired for my detestability. I am both Poles and the Equator, with no Temperate Zones between.