Quotes by Romain Gary

“...the most sacred right of a person is to refuse o be manipulated, handled, cheated, and then kicked in the ass---.”

“-I love you, Lenny.-From the diaphragm.-What are you talking about?-You have to say it from the diaphragm. That's a muscle in here. Real deep, not from the throat. I tried to be an actor once and t...”

“An unbearable reality, combined with the impossibility to change it, tends to lead to abstractions for abstraction's sake, and unreality becomes more realistic than reality itself, more true, more ...”

“Reality is not an inspiration for literature. At its best, literature is an inspiration for reality.”

“-Would you wish us to invest it for you?-No, I would like you to set up a trust for dumb animals.-What kind of dumb animals do you have in mind, Miss Donahue?-Oh, stray dogs. Rats. Birds.-We could ...”

“He gave up. He'd been feeling like giving up for a long, long time. I guess it's maturity, they say it always gets you in the end. I don't seem to have any more principles left, so it's got to be m...”

“Humor is an affirmation of dignity a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.”

“Humour is an affirmation of dignity a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.”

“Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.”

“-I love you, Lenny.-From the diaphragm.-What are you talking about?-You have to say it from the diaphragm. That's a muscle in here. Real deep, not from the throat. I tried to be an actor once and t...”

“-Would you wish us to invest it for you?-No, I would like you to set up a trust for dumb animals.-What kind of dumb animals do you have in mind, Miss Donahue?-Oh, stray dogs. Rats. Birds.-We could ...”

“He gave up. He'd been feeling like giving up for a long, long time. I guess it's maturity, they say it always gets you in the end. I don't seem to have any more principles left, so it's got to be m...”

“Humor is an affirmation of dignity a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.”

“Humour is an affirmation of dignity a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.”