Best 14 quotes of Clifford Odets on MyQuotes

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.

Life shouldn't be printed on dollar bills.

Music is the great cheer-up in the language of all countries.

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.

Sex is the poor man's polo.

There are 43,000 minutes in a month - can't you give me five?

There are two kinds of marriages, Benny — where the husband quotes the wife, or where the wife quotes the husband.

But I did it! That's the thing—I did it! What will my father say when he hears I murdered a man? Lorna, I see what I did. I murdered myself, too! I've been running around in circles. Now I'm smashed!

I feel like the wrath of God. You like that boy, don't you? I love him, Tom.

It seems to happen sudden—a fighter gets good. He gets easy and graceful. He learns how to save himself—no energy wasted... he slips and slides— he travels with the punch. . . . Oh, sure, I like the way you're shaping up.

What do you want from me? Revenge? Sorry—we're all out of revenge today!

You are only lost if you knew where you were going.

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...

You 're too sufficient by yourself...too inside yourself