Thompson: Nothing particular the matter with him, they tell me, just ... Bernstein: Just old age. It’s the only disease, Mr. Thompson, that you don’t look forward to being cured of.
ATTRIBUTION:
Orson Welles (1915–1985), U.S. filmmaker, actor, producer, and Herman J. Manckiewicz (1897–1953), U.S. screenwriter. Thompson (William Alland), Bernstein (Everett Sloane), Citizen Kane, speaking of Leland (Joseph Cotten) (1941).
