Lillian Hellman Quotes

Fashions in sin change.
— Lillian Hellman The Watch on the Rhine

Things start as hopes and end up as habits.
— Lillian Hellman Days to Come

People change and forget to tell each other.
— Lillian Hellman Toys in the Attic

You can't recover from what you do not understand.
— Lillian Hellman Maybe: A Story

Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.
— Lillian Hellman The Little Foxes

One sits uncomfortably on a too comfortable cushion.
— Lillian Hellman Scoundrel Time

Success isn't everything but it makes a man stand straight.
— Lillian Hellman Toys in the Attic

I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashion.
— Lillian Hellman

For every man who lives without freedom, the rest of us must face the guilt.
— Lillian Hellman The Watch on the Rhine

How often the rich like to play at being poor.  A rather nasty game, I've always thought.
— Lillian Hellman Toys in the Attic

I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions.
— Lillian Hellman The Nation