Top 29 Most Inspiring Robert Morley Quotes (ACTOR)

Top 10 Most Famous Robert Morley Quotes (BEST)

“The French are a logical people, which is one reason the English dislike them so intensely. The other is that they own France, a country which we have always judged to be much too good for them.”
Robert Morley

The British tourist is always happy abroad as long as the natives are waiters. — The British tourist is always **happy** abroad as long as the natives are waiters.

Anyone who works is a fool. I don't work - I merely inflict myself upon the public. — Anyone who works is a fool. I don’t work – I merely inflict myself upon the public.

To fall in love with yourself is the first secret to happiness. — To fall in **love** with yourself is the first secret to **happiness**.

Every child should be placed on a doorstep to sell something. It's the best possible training for life. — Every child should be placed on a doorstep to sell something. It’s the best possible training for **life**.

Fat men get knocked over by buses no earlier, nor later, than thin men. And I, for one, have buried most of my thin friends. — Fat men get knocked over by buses no earlier, nor later, than thin men. And I, for one, have buried most of my thin **friends**.

It is a great help for a man to be in love with himself. For an actor it is absolutely essential.

Show me the man who has enjoyed his school days and I will show you a bully and a bore.

If people take the trouble to cook, you should take the trouble to eat.

Names were not so much dropped as thrown in a perpetual game of catch.

13 Thought-Provoking Robert Morley Quotes

“When I asked my accountant if anything could get me out of the mess I am in now, he thought for a long time, and I didn’t care much for his answer. ‘Yes,’ he said. ‘Death would help’.”
Robert Morley

The ball is man's most disastrous invention, not excluding the wheel. — The ball is man’s most disastrous invention, not excluding the wheel.

A man who has his initials on his pajamas must be uncertain of himself. Surely you should know who you are at bed time.

“There is little to compare with the thrill of standing next to the creature in the winner’s enclosure avoiding his hooves and receiving the congratulations of the press, your trainer and friends who backed it. What makes the experience so satisfying is that you, the owner, have had absolutely nothing to do with the horse winning.”
Robert Morley

A party: one arrives long after it's started, and one's going to leave long before it's over. — A party: one arrives long after it’s started, and one’s going to leave long before it’s over.

Most owners are at length able to teach themselves to obey their dog. — Most owners are at length able to **teach** themselves to obey their **dog**.

“We are articulate, but we are not particularly conversational. An Englishman won’t talk for the sake of talking. He doesn’t mind silence. But after the silence, he sometimes says something.”
Robert Morley

COUGHS. These are symptoms, not diseases. Take them to your doctor and he can give you something serious to worry about.

If the critics were always right we should be in deep trouble.

“I have little patience with anyone who is not self-satisfied. I am always pleased to see my friends, happy to be with my wife and family, but the high spot of every day is when I first catch a glimpse of myself in the shaving mirror.”
Robert Morley

If in the paddock the owner is surrounded by a herd of young children, don't back his horse. But if the owner is accompanied by a beautiful lady, plunge to the hilt. — If in the paddock the owner is surrounded by a herd of young **children**, don’t back his horse. But if the owner is accompanied by a **beautiful** lady, plunge to the hilt.

Beware of the conversationalist who adds In other words.. — Beware of the conversationalist who adds “In other words.”.

A good laugh does more for the stomach muscles than five minutes' sitting-up exercises. — A good **laugh** does more for the stomach muscles than five minutes’ sitting-up **exercises**.

2 Robert Morley Quotes on Being an Actor

If you want me to do a film it's £500,000. But if you want me to read the script first it's £750,000. — If you want me to do a film it’s £500,000. But if you want me to **read** the script first it’s £750,000.

Actors live in a cocoon of praise. They never meet the people who don't like them. — Actors live in a cocoon of praise. They never meet the people who don’t like them.

4 Robert Morley Quotes That Will Make You Think

“Cut down? I am what I am precisely because I’ve eaten my way to the top! I’m a work of art, created by the finest chefs in the world. Every fold is a brush stroke! Every crease a sonnet! Every chin a concerto! In short doctor darling, in my present form, I’m a masterpiece!”
Robert Morley