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Eugene O'Neill quotes

American Playwright October 16, 1888 – November 27, 1953

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Eugene O'Neill quote: "Life is a solitary cell whose walls are mirrors."
Life is a solitary cell whose walls are mirrors. Eugene O'Neill
Eugene O'Neill quote: "It's a great game - the pursuit of happiness."
It's a great game - the pursuit of happiness. Eugene O'Neill
Happy roads is bunk. Weary roads is right. Get you nowhere fast. That's where I've got—nowhere. Where everyone lands in the end, even if most of the suckers won't admit it. Eugene O'Neill
Eugene O'Neill quote: "let us be friends then from this out"
let us be friends then from this out Eugene O'Neill
Eugene O'Neill quote: "One should either be sad or joyful. Contentment is a warm sty..."
One should either be sad or joyful. Contentment is a warm sty for eaters and sleepers. Eugene O'Neill
Suppose I was to tell you that it's just beauty that's calling me, the beauty of the far off and unknown, the mystery and spell which lures me, the need of freedom of great wide spaces, the joy of wandering on and on----in quest of the secret which is hidden over there----beyond the horizon? Eugene O'Neill
Like a saint's vision of beatitude. Like the veil of things as they seem drawn back by an unseen hand. For a second you see—and seeing the secret, are the secret. For a second there is meaning! Then the hand lets the veil fall and you are alone, lost in the fog again, and you stumble on toward nowhere, for no good reason! Eugene O'Neill
For de small stealing dey puts you in jail, soon or late. But for de big stealing dey puts yo' picture in de paper and yo' statue in de Hall of Fame when you croaks! If dey's one thing I learned in ten years, listenin' to de white quality on de Pullman cars, it's dat same fact. And when I gets a chance to use it -- from stowaway to Emperor in two years. Dat's goin' some! Eugene O'Neill
Eugene O'Neill quote: "Man is born broken. He lives by mending. The grace of God is..."
Man is born broken. He lives by mending. The grace of God is glue. Eugene O'Neill
Eugene O'Neill quote: "Obsessed by a fairy tale, we spend our lives searching for a..."
Obsessed by a fairy tale, we spend our lives searching for a magic door and a lost kingdom of peace. Eugene O'Neill
Eugene O'Neill quote: "When men make gods, there is no God!"
When men make gods, there is no God! Eugene O'Neill
Eugene O'Neill quote: "Dey's some things I don't got to be told. I kin read them in..."
Dey's some things I don't got to be told. I kin read them in folks' eyes. Eugene O'Neill
Censorship of anything, at any time, in any place, on whatever pretense, has always been and always will be the last resort of the boob and the bigot. Eugene O'Neill
Eugene O'Neill quote: "I knew it. I knew it. Born in a hotel room - and God damn it -..."
I knew it. I knew it. Born in a hotel room - and God damn it - died in a hotel room. Eugene O'Neill
(General Wetjoen talking about the Boer War)Let him come! I have seen them come before -- at Margesfontein, Spion Kiopje, Modder River. Stepping into battle, left right left right, waving their silly swords, so afraid they couldn't show off how brave they was, and with mine rifle I kills them so easy! Eugene O'Neill

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