“You make me feel too human, Joe. All I want is peace and quiet, not love. I'm a tired old lady, Joe, and I don't mind being what you call "half dead." In fact it's what I like. The twice I was in love I took an awful beating and I don't want it again! I want you to stop it! Don't devil me, Joe. I beg you, don't devil me...” LovePeaceQuietHuman Book:Golden Boy Source: Golden Boy
“Christ, cut us up to little pieces. We'll die for what is right! Put fruit trees where our ashes are!” StrikesLabour Book:Waiting for Lefty Source: Waiting for Lefty
“You are only lost if you knew where you were going.” LostGoneDirectionGolden Boy Book:Golden Boy Source: Golden Boy
“It's the Twentieth Century ... no more miracles.” CenturyMiracleTwentieth Century Author:Clifford Odets
“Life shouldn't be printed on dollar bills.” LifeBillsDollarsPrintedDollar Bills Author:Clifford Odets
“There are two kinds of marriages, Benny — where the husband quotes the wife, or where the wife quotes the husband.” KindTwoMarriageWifeHusbandQuotations Author:Clifford Odets
“Music is the great cheer-up in the language of all countries.” CountryLanguageMusic IsCheerCheer Up Author:Clifford Odets
“There are 43,000 minutes in a month - can't you give me five?” GivingFiveMinutesMonthsGive Me Author:Clifford Odets
“One night some short weeks ago, for the first time in her not always happy life, Marilyn Monroe's soul sat down alone to a quiet supper from which it did not rise.” FirstsSoulNightWeekQuietFirst TimeSatHappy LifeLife Is ShortOne NightSupperAlways HappySupper Time Author:Clifford Odets
“If they tell you that she died of sleeping pills you must know that she died of a wasting grief, of a slow bleeding at the soul.” IfsKnowsSoulSleepGriefSadDiedSuicidePillsBleedingSleeping Pills Author:Clifford Odets