Robert Mitchum Quotes

Who is the wisest man? He who neither knows or wishes for anything else than what happens.

I just want to be nominated; beggars can't be choosers.

Shall I give you my recipe for happiness? I find everything useful and nothing indispensable. I find everything wonderful and nothing miraculous. I reverence the body. I avoid first causes like the plague.

If elected I shall be thankful; if not, it will be all the same.

The greatest wisdom doesn't know itself. The richest plan is not to have one.

I praise her (Fortune) while she lasts; if she shakes her quick wings, I resign what she has given, and take refuge in my own virtue, and seek honest undowered Poverty.

Stay low, stay quiet, keep it simple, don't expect too much, enjoy what you have.

On being asked by someone how he could become famous, Diogenes responded: 'By worrying as little as possible about fame

For what I have received may the Lord make me truly thankful. And more truly for what I have not received.

I'm happy to be here. I'm happy to be anywhere. I'm not kidding.

Do not seek to bring things to pass in accordance with your wishes, but wish for them as they are, and you will find them.

Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change.

I try not to have too much of an ego. I'll do anything.

True humility is contentment.

You can put me in the basement or the penthouse; it doesn't matter to me.

I don't find myself interesting as a person and the details I find boring, quite frankly. You could sum it up in a few words or sentences really: came from nothing. Self-educated. Luck. Energy. Curiosity. Ambition. That's it. Nothing at all can illuminate the work as far as I can tell.

I don't spend a lot of time thinking about myself.

I never have regrets! What's the point?

I was taught to value hard work. At the end of day, I'm just Olivia.

It is right to be contented with what we have, never with what we are.

I don't think I'm a star. I just love to act. I'm not thinking I'm even close to where I want to be.

If it is, it is, If it's not, it's not.

I don't enjoy good food. I don't enjoy flashy cars. I don't care if I live in a dump. I don't enjoy good clothes. This is the best I've dressed in months.

I rarely think about myself that much. I really don't.

I endeavor to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content with what cannot be mended and patient when there be no redress.