Quote by Orson Welles

I have the terrible feeling that, because I am wearing a white beard and am sitting in the back of the theatre, you expect me to tell you the truth about something. These are the cheap seats, not Mount Sinai.

I have the terrible feeling that, because I am wearing a whi

Summary

This quote suggests that the person speaking, who has a white beard and is metaphorically associated with wisdom and truth-telling, is aware of the expectations placed on them. They acknowledge that others may assume they hold profound knowledge or insights. However, the speaker humbly distances themselves from these assumptions by likening their current position to the cheap seats in a theatre, not a place of divine revelations. In essence, they are expressing the limitation of their knowledge and urging others not to anticipate a profound truth from them in this specific context.

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By Orson Welles

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