Top 9 Quotes & Sayings by Lawrence Tierney

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actor Lawrence Tierney.
Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Lawrence Tierney

Lawrence James Tierney was an American film and television actor who is best known for his many screen portrayals of mobsters and tough guys in a career that spanned over 50 years. His roles mirrored his own frequent brushes with the law. In 2005, film critic David Kehr of The New York Times described "the hulking Tierney" as "not so much an actor as a frightening force of nature".

A sponge sees everything? A sponge sees nothing.
Everyone that ever met me has been in love with me.
People make fast moves around me, I react. I can't help it. — © Lawrence Tierney
People make fast moves around me, I react. I can't help it.
Hey, any time you're throwing bodies over board it is to save yourself.
Put good energy out. Get good energy back.
Where's my food? When is it coming? What did I order, anyway?
Mattresses! Beautiful! Let's go buy a couple of mattresses. Give 'em to people for their birthday.
Nevermind what you normally would do. Just cough up your goddam buck like everyone else.
I don’t like gambling very much. I don’t like being at the mercy of those little white squares that roll around and decide whether you win or lose. I like to have the say-so myself.
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