Quotes by Abraham Polonsky

About Abraham Polonsky:

Abraham Lincoln Polonsky was an American film director, Academy-Award-nominated screenwriter, essayist and novelist, blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studios in the 1950s, in the midst of the McCarthy era.
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Do you know what it's like to love and be alone?

Abraham Polonsky

You must never throw away things that are worth good money.

Abraham Polonsky

A man could spend the rest of his life trying to remember what he shouldn't have said.

Abraham Polonsky

A holiday is when you celebrate something that's all finished up, that happened a long time ago and now there's nothing left to celebrate but the dead.

Abraham Polonsky

Money has no moral opinions.

Abraham Polonsky

I'll give you my answer calmly and sensibly, my final answer. My final answer is finally no. The answer is no! Absolutely and finally no! Finally and positively no! No! No! No! N - O!

Abraham Polonsky

If you don't get killed, it's a lucky day for anybody.

Abraham Polonsky

Twenty years ago I wanted to move to a nice place so our Charley would grow up a nice boy and learn a profession. But instead we live in a jungle, so he can only be a wild animal. D'you think I picked the East Side like Columbus picked America?

Abraham Polonsky

Author Bio

  • NameAbraham Polonsky
  • DescriptionAmerican politician
  • BornDecember 5, 1910
  • DiedOctober 26, 1999
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionFilm Director; Screenwriter; Lawyer; Author