The good die young, because they see it’s no use living if you have got to be good.

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My wife is the kind of girl who will not go anywhere without her mother, and her mother will go anywhere.

John Barrymore

Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn’t know you left open.

John Barrymore

In Genesis, it says that it is not good for a man to be alone; but sometimes it is a great relief.

John Barrymore

The trouble with life is that there are so many beautiful women and so little time.

John Barrymore

The good die young, because they see it’s no use living if you have got to be good.

John Barrymore

Sex: the thing that takes up the least amount of time and causes the most amount of trouble.

John Barrymore

If it isn’t the sheriff, it’s the finance company; I’ve got more attachments on me than a vacuum cleaner.

John Barrymore

I am thinking of taking a fifth wife. Why not? Solomon had a thousand wives and he is a synonym for wisdom.

John Barrymore

America is the country where you can buy a lifetime supply of aspirin For one dollar and use it up in two weeks.

John Barrymore

You can’t drown yourself in drink. I’ve tried, you float.

John Barrymore

My wife was too beautiful for words, but not for arguments.

John Barrymore

Love is the delightful interval between meeting a beautiful girl and discovering that she looks like a haddock.

John Barrymore

You never realize how short a month is until you pay alimony.

John Barrymore

You can only be as good as you dare to be bad.

John Barrymore

Die? I should say not, dear fellow. No Barrymore would allow such a conventional thing to happen to him.

John Barrymore

A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.

John Barrymore

When archaeologists discover the missing arms of Venus de Milo, they will find she was wearing boxing gloves.

John Barrymore

I would like to find a stew that will give me heartburn immediately, instead of at three o clock in the morning.

John Barrymore

I’ve read some of your modern free verse and wonder who set it free.

John Barrymore

Why is there so much month left at the end of the money?

John Barrymore