20 Quotes by Paul Scofield

Cheating on a quiz show? That's sort of like plagiarizing a comic strip.

Sixty-four thousand dollars for a question, I hope they are asking you the meaning of life.

I should in fairness add that my taste in music is reputedly deplorable.

A book is worth a few francs; we Germans can afford to destroy those. We all may not appreciate artistic merit, but cash value is another matter.

A painting means as much to you as a string of pearls to an ape.

If you look around the table and you can't tell who the sucker is, it's you.

What these books have conclusively proven is that the diffence between men and women is exactly 38 pages.

Privacy is not negotiable.

Oh, I suppose my wife and I will open a bottle of champagne with another couple.