"Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock."
Quotes by Ben Hecht
"There was a land of Cavaliers and Cotton Fields called the Old South. Here in this pretty world, Gallantry took its last bow. Here was the last ever to be seen of Knights and their Ladies Fair, of Master and of Slave. Look for it only in books, for it is no more than a dream remembered, a Civilization gone with the wind..."
"I'll tell you a secret. We live in a mad and inspiring world."
Ben HechtBen Hecht (/hɛkt/; February 28, 1894 – April 18, 1964) was an American screenwriter, director, producer, playwright, journalist, and novelist. A journalist in his youth, he went on to write 35 books a...
