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Abraham Polonsky Quotes



Quotes by Abraham Polonsky - (10 quotes)

Abraham Polonsky - From the Children category:

- Body and Soul, 1947...
Twenty years ago I wanted to move to a nice place so our Charley would grow up a nice boy and learn a profession. But instead we live in a jungle, so he can only be a wild animal. D'you think I picked the East Side like Columbus picked America? (Abraham Polonsky)

Abraham Polonsky - From the Complaining category:

- Golden Earrings, 1947...
I do wish you'd stop reading my mind... It's so frightfully disconcerting - like being followed up one's trousers. (Abraham Polonsky)

Abraham Polonsky - From the Danger category:

- Force of Evil, 1948...
If you don't get killed, it's a lucky day for anybody. (Abraham Polonsky)

Abraham Polonsky - From the Ego category:

- Body and Soul, 1947...
Peg: Who are you? Alice: I'm nobody. Peg: Oh now, don't sulk. We're all nobody. Nobody is anybody who belongs to somebody. So if you belong to nobody, you're somebody. Understand? (Abraham Polonsky)

Abraham Polonsky - From the Loneliness category:

-Body and Soul, 1947...
Do you know what it's like to love and be alone? (Abraham Polonsky)

Abraham Polonsky - From the Memory category:

-Force of Evil, 1948...
A man could spend the rest of his life trying to remember what he shouldn't have said. (Abraham Polonsky)

Abraham Polonsky - From the Money category:

Money has no moral opinions. (Abraham Polonsky)

Abraham Polonsky - From the Possessions category:

-Golden Earrings, 1947...
You must never throw away things that are worth good money. (Abraham Polonsky)

Abraham Polonsky - From the Questions category:

-Force of Evil, 1948...
I'll give you my answer calmly and sensibly, my final answer. My final answer is finally no. The answer is no! Absolutely and finally no! Finally and positively no! No! No! No! N - O! (Abraham Polonsky)

Abraham Polonsky - From the Relaxation category:

A holiday is when you celebrate something that's all finished up... (Abraham Polonsky)