234 Quotes by Paul Newman

It's like chasing a beautiful woman for 80 years. Finally, she relents and you say, 'I'm terribly sorry. I'm tired.' [After winning his first Oscar after so many losses]

I picture my epitaph: 'Here lies Paul Newman, who died a failure because his eyes turned brown.

The accusation is always on the first page, and the retraction on page 19.

People like to do what they used to do after they've stopped being able to do it.

A feud should live a full and colorful life, and then it should die a natural death and be forgotten.

You can’t really appreciate anonymity until you’ve lost it. People say that’s sour grapes, but it really isn’t To be able to walk down the street without people paying attention to you is a real blessing and you lose it when you become an actor.

Newman’s first law: It is useless to put on your brakes when you’re upside down.

It’s always darkest before it turns absolutely pitch black.

I respect generosity in people, and I respect it in companies too, I don’t look at it as philanthropy; I see it as an investment in the community.