Riskin

Famous quotes containing the word riskin:

“Ellie: Aren’t you going to give me a little credit?
Peter: What for?
Ellie: Well, I proved once and for all that the limb is mightier than the thumb.
Peter: Why didn’t you take off all your clothes. You could have stopped forty cars.
Ellie: Ooohh, I’ll remember that when we need forty cars.”
—Robert Riskin (1897–1955)

“People here are funny. They work so hard at living, they forget how to live.”
—Robert Riskin (1897–1955)

“There’s a long story, my friend. I never did like the idea of sitting on newspapers. I did it once and all the headlines came off on my white pants. On the level, it actually happened. Nobody bought a paper that day. They just followed me around over town and read the news off the seat of my pants.”
—Robert Riskin (1897–1955)