Budd Schulberg Quotes


"You can't eat your friends and have them too."
- Budd Schulberg
(Related: Friends)

"Living with a conscience is like driving with the brakes on."
- Budd Schulberg
(Related: Conscience, Driving, Living)

"Conscience. That stuff can drive you nuts."
- Budd Schulberg
(Related: Conscience)

"You either go along with the system - conform to what is expected to be a hit - or you have very tough going."
- Budd Schulberg
"Very few fighters get the consideration of racehorses, which are put out to pasture to grow old with dignity and comfort when they haven't got it anymore."
- Budd Schulberg
(Related: Comfort, Consideration, Dignity, Old)

"Silence is the sure sign that you're on your way out in Hollywood."
- Budd Schulberg
(Related: Hollywood, Silence)

"I could have had class. I could have been a contender."
- Budd Schulberg
(Related: Class)

"Hey, you want to hear my philosophy of life? Do it to him before he does it to you."
- Budd Schulberg
(Related: Life, Philosophy, Want)

"Fights can be dumped in a dozen ways. Sometimes everybody but the fighter knows. Sometimes only the fighter knows."
- Budd Schulberg