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19 Michael Winner Quotes

Michael Winner's lines are sharp, irreverent jokes that poke fun at media, emotion and society.

Michael Winner quotes

  1. An OBE is what you get if you clean the toilets well at King's Cross station.

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  2. I don't want to do something for the sake of it. I am prepared to wait. If I wait until I am buried, too bad.

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  3. Ah, that must be George Best's cremation.

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  4. Calm down dear, it's a commercial.

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  5. God, the truth hurts!

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  6. When I tell people I've slept with more than 130 women, they are appalled but, you know, I've been doing it for 55 years so I don't think that's bad going!

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  7. He's the only person I've ever met who talks to me as I wish to be talked to.

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  8. Winner knows nothing about food.

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  1. The truth of the matter is that muggers are very interesting people.

  2. During the Sixties, the Americans thought I was the greatest thing in the history of cinema.

  3. A team effort is a lot of people doing what I say.

  4. If you want art, don't mess about with movies. Buy a Picasso.

  5. Life is lived in real places, and I shoot in real places.

  6. Men are pigs. I really have every sympathy for women that they actually have to choose one of these arrogant, stupid morons to settle down with and marry.

  7. As you get older, you have more time on your hands. Some people do croswords and others jigsaws, but I garden.

  8. But when you look at the rubbish who are getting these awards and the absolute non-service they have given to the nation other than financing or working for political parties, you say, 'What company am I in?'.

  9. “Men are pigs, darling. I really have every sympathy for women that they actually have to choose one of these arrogant, stupid morons to settle down with and marry.”

  10. “Do not wait till tomorrow to be wise, For tomorrow's sun may never rise.”

  11. I diet between meals.