Walter Matthau

Actor Journalist American 1920 – 2000

Actor who portrayed journalists in films reflecting media ethics.

386 quotes

"Begin anywhere and follow it through."
"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."
Truth
"Be yourself, everyone else is already taken."
"What we think, we become."
"The night is darkest before the dawn."
Hope
"Courage is not the absence of fear but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear."
Courage
"We are what our thoughts have made us."
"The only person who can pull you down is yourself, and you're the only one who can lift yourself up."
Strength
"Money is a tool, not a destination."
Money
"Health is wealth that only you can spend."
Health
"Adventure is worthwhile in itself."
Adventure
"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
Imagination
"The best investment is in yourself."
"Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell that solitude is fine."
Solitude
"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
Kindness
"In a day when you don't come across any problems, you can be sure that you are not trying hard enough."
Perseverance
"The only constant in life is change."
Change
"To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering."
Philosophy
"History is a set of lies agreed upon."
History
"The only war we cannot afford to lose is the war against our own ignorance."
Education
"Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies."
Politics
"Life and literature are one."
Literature
"Creativity takes courage."
Creativity
"Justice delayed is justice denied."
Justice
"Humor is mankind's greatest blessing."
Humor
"Beauty is truth, truth beauty."
Beauty