Top 25 Quotes & Sayings by Robert Morley

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Last updated on November 18, 2024.

Robert Adolph Wilton Morley, CBE was an English actor who enjoyed a lengthy career in both Britain and the United States. He was frequently cast as a pompous English gentleman representing the Establishment, often in supporting roles. In 1939 he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of King Louis XVI in Marie Antoinette.

English - Actor | May 26, 1908 - June 3, 1992

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

Robert Morley

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

Robert Morley

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

Robert Morley

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

Robert Morley

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

Robert Morley

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.

Robert Morley

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

Robert Morley

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

Robert Morley

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

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.

Robert Morley

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

Robert Morley

I don’t work. I merely inflict myself on the public.

Robert Morley

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

To fall in love with yourself is the first secret of happiness. Then if you're not a good mixer you can always fall back on your own company.

Robert Morley

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

Robert Morley

I have never willingly chased a ball.

Robert Morley

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

Robert Morley

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

Robert Morley

Beware of the conversationalist who adds "In other words."

Robert Morley

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

Robert Morley

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

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

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

Robert Morley

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

Top 25 Quotes & Sayings by Robert Morley

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