Quotes by John Barrymore

Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.

— John Barrymore

Happiness

A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.

— John Barrymore

Hope

The trouble with life is that there are so many beautiful women and so little time.

— John Barrymore

Life

Sex: the thing that takes up the least amount of time and causes the most amount of trouble.

— John Barrymore

Wisdom

In Genesis, it says that it is not good for a man to be alone; but sometimes it is a great relief.

— John Barrymore

Wisdom

You can only be as good as you dare to be bad.

— John Barrymore

Wisdom

My wife was too beautiful for words, but not for arguments.

— John Barrymore

Wisdom

Love is the delightful interval between meeting a beautiful girl and discovering that she looks like a haddock.

— John Barrymore

Love

Why is there so much month left at the end of the money?

— John Barrymore

Wisdom

The good die young, because they see it's no use living if you have got to be good.

— John Barrymore

Life

When archaeologists discover the missing arms of Venus de Milo, they will find she was wearing boxing gloves.

— John Barrymore

Wisdom

You can't drown yourself in drink. I've tried, you float.

— John Barrymore

Wisdom

You never realize how short a month is until you pay alimony.

— John Barrymore

Wisdom

I am thinking of taking a fifth wife. Why not? Solomon had a thousand wives and he is a synonym for wisdom.

— John Barrymore

Wisdom

I would like to find a stew that will give me heartburn immediately, instead of at three o clock in the morning.

— John Barrymore

Love

If it isn't the sheriff, it's the finance company; I've got more attachments on me than a vacuum cleaner.

— John Barrymore

Wisdom

I've read some of your modern free verse and wonder who set it free.

— John Barrymore

Wisdom

America is the country where you can buy a lifetime supply of aspirin For one dollar and use it up in two weeks.

— John Barrymore

Life

My wife is the kind of girl who will not go anywhere without her mother, and her mother will go anywhere.

— John Barrymore

Wisdom

Die? I should say not, dear fellow. No Barrymore would allow such a conventional thing to happen to him.

— John Barrymore

Wisdom