Famous quotes containing the word riskin:
“Ellie: Arent you going to give me a little credit?
Peter: What for?
Ellie: Well, I proved once and for all that the limb is mightier than the thumb.
Peter: Why didnt you take off all your clothes. You could have stopped forty cars.
Ellie: Ooohh, Ill remember that when we need forty cars.”
—Robert Riskin (18971955)
“Grandpa: Penny, why dont you write a play about ism-mania?
Penny: Ism-mania?
Grandpa: Yeah, sure. You know, communism, fascism, voodooism. Everybodys got an ism these days.
Penny: It sounds like an itch or something.
Grandpa: Its just as catching. When things go a little bad these days, you go out and get yourself an ism and youre in business.”
—Robert Riskin (18971955)
“Henderson: What about Congress and the Supreme Court and the President? We got to pay them, dont we?
Grandpa: Not with my money, no sir.”
—Robert Riskin (18971955)