Robert Riskin Quotes

• To most of you, your neighbor is a stranger, a guy with a barkin' dog and a high fence around him. Now you can't be a stranger to any guy that's on your own team. So tear down the fence that separates you. Tear down the fence and you'll tear down a lot of hates and prejudices. Tear down all the fences in the country and you'll really have teamwork.

  Robert Riskin

  Teamwork, Country, Dog

  "Fictional character: Long John Willoughby/John Doe". "Meet John Doe", 1941.

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• People here are funny. They work so hard at living, they forget how to live.

  Robert Riskin

  Funny, People, Forget

  Robert Riskin, Patrick McGilligan (1997). “Six Screenplays”, p.43, Univ of California Press

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• How did you feel feeding doughnuts to a horse? Had a kick out of it, huh? Got a big laugh. Did you ever think of feeding doughnuts to a human being? No!

  Robert Riskin

  Horse, Thinking, Laughing

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• Art is 110 percent sweat.

  Robert Riskin

  Art, Sweat, Art Is

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• Age is a limit we impose upon ourselves. You know, each time you Westerners celebrate your birthday you build another fence around your minds.

  Robert Riskin

  Mind, Age, Limits

  Robert Riskin, Patrick McGilligan (1997). “Six Screenplays”, p.551, Univ of California Press

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• You shouldn't be looking at the bottom of the mountain. Why don't you try looking at the top some time?

  Robert Riskin

  Optimism, Trying, Mountain

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