"Our hero came from Nowhere — he wasn't going Anywhere and he got kicked off Somewhere."

“Great Filmmakers: Buster Keaton”

“The International Buster Keaton Society”

“Marriage is fine as an institution, but bad as a habit”

“The funny thing about our act is that dad gets the worst of it, although I'm the one who apparently receives the bruises … the secret is in landing limp and breaking the fall with a foot or a hand. It's a knack. I started so young that landing right is second nature with me. Several times I'd have been killed if I hadn't been able to land like a cat. Imitators of our act don't last long, because they can't stand the treatment.”

“If one more person tells me this is just like old times, I swear I'll jump out the window.”

“A picture without falls is as bad as Niagara in the same fix”