Robert Morley Quotes

Robert Adolph Wilton Morley, CBE was an English actor who was usually cast as a pompous English gentleman representing the Establishment, often in supporting roles. In Movie Encyclopedia, film critic Leonard Maltin describes Morley as "recognisable by his ungainly bulk, bushy eyebrows, thick lips and double chin, ... particularly effective when cast as a pompous windbag." More politely, Ephraim Katz in his International Film Encyclopaedia describes Morley as "a rotund, triple-chinned, delightful character player of the British and American stage and screen." In his autobiography, Responsible Gentleman, Morley said his stage career started with managements valuing his appearance for playing "substantial gentleman" roles — as a doctor, lawyer, accountant or other professional member of society. Wikipedia  

✵ 26. May 1908 – 3. June 1992
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Famous Robert Morley Quotes

“Fat men get knocked over by buses no earlier, nor later, than thin men. And I, for one, have buried most of my thin friends.”

Robert Morley

Explaining why he never tried to lose weight. <br class="br"> Toledo Blade, Aug 20, 1978 http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&amp;dat=19780820&amp;id=UDBPAAAAIBAJ&amp;sjid=fgIEAAAAIBAJ&amp;pg=6371,746427

“Anyone who works is a fool. I don't work; I merely inflict myself upon the public.”

Robert Morley

Films and Filming vol. 8 (1961)

“The British tourist is always happy abroad as long as the natives are waiters.”

Robert Morley

The Observer (20 April 1958), as quoted in &quot;Death of Baron De Kalb&quot; https://books.google.com/books?id=k2QAAAAAYAAJ&amp;pg=PA234&amp;lpg=PA234&amp;dq=%22I+thank+you+sir+for+your+generous+sympathy,+but+I+die+the+death+I+always+prayed+for:+the+death+of+a+soldier+fighting+for+the+rights+of+man%22&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=-93hJzoCYU&amp;sig=tAag8ObQI-ZjiII56viczov02wM&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=VlYVVcuJI4KmNsazgYgL&amp;ved=0CCUQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&amp;q=%22I%20thank%20you%20sir%20for%20your%20generous%20sympathy%2C%20but%20I%20die%20the%20death%20I%20always%20prayed%20for%3A%20the%20death%20of%20a%20soldier%20fighting%20for%20the%20rights%20of%20man%22&amp;f=false (1849), by Benjamin Franklin Ells, The Western Miscellany, Volume 1, p. 233.

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