Cary Grant Movie Quotes
     
     
 

Singapore Sue (1932)

  
     
  Oh boy, what a great day to have good eyesight.  
     
  Oh well, what's the difference. The dame's probably got bowlegs anyway.  
     
     
 

She Done Him Wrong (1933)

  
     
 

Why no, no, not at all. I'm just busy, that's all...

  
     
  You're my prisoner. And I'm going to be your jailer for a long, long time.  
     
  Oooh! I've waited a long time for this moment!  
     
     
 

I'm No Angel (1933)

  
     
 

Do you mind if I get personal?

  
     
 

I guess love is a wonderful thing.

 
     
 

Well, I'm glad to know it wasn't the money you wanted...

  
     
     
  Kiss and Make Up (1934)  
     
  Messing around! I'll have you understand that my mess... My contact with your wife is purely professional.  
     
     
  Sylvia Scarlett (1935)  
     
  Oh, there's plenty of room for both of us here. Come on, get your pajamas. Let's get curled up.  
     
  Who's errand boy do you think I am  
     
  You know, it's a bit nippy tonight. Hey, you'll make a proper little hot water bottle.  
     
  Ladies and Gentlemen. Having had a liberal sample of our friend's humor here. We'll return to the genuine business of giving you entertainment one and all.  
     
  That's me. Little friend of all the world. Nobody's enemy but me own.  
     
  Oh, well I'll cure ya of that. I'll give you a clump on the head every time I hear ya.  
     
  She's gonna show you what she can do on the grand piano. And you'll thank me, I'm sure.  
     
  Here I am. Now what?  
     
     
 

Suzy (1936)

  
     
  And she doesn't ask questions? Terry, treat her gently. Cherish her tenderly. Because there isn't her like in the whole wide world.  
     
  Closer darling, remember, you hate me.  
     
  Well, I suppose I should be flattered by all this attention.  
     
  Let us face the enemy with flags flying, with our hearts high! And our heads low.  
     
     
 

Wedding Present (1936)

  
     
 

  ... and if you were marrying a girl like mine, you'd feel that young yourself.

  
     
     
 

Topper (1937)

  
     
 

My pet, resting's the sort of thing you've got to work up to gradually... very dangerous to rest all of a sudden.

  
     
  Barking, howling and biting permissible.  
     
  Can I help it if a tire blows out? Besides, I had something in my eye.  
     
  We gotta have him. He's our good deed.  
     
  Hey, ya know, this is the best fight we ever had.  
     
     
 

Toast of New York, The (1937)

  
     
  They were expecting you, so they're not here.  
     
  You're getting drunk. Drunk with power.  
     
  I'm just crazy enough to go with you.  
     
  You couldn't chase him away with a cannon.  
     
  Sure, I laughed my head off.  
     
     
 

Holiday (1938)

  
     
 

When I find myself in a position like this, I ask myself what would General Motors do? And then I do the opposite!

 
     
  You know me fellas. When things get tough, when I feel a worry coming on...you know what I do.  
     
  What if I crawled in on my hands and knees, would he like that?  
     
  I'll do whatever a gentleman can do under the circumstances.  
     
     
 

Gunga Din (1939)

  
     
 

You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din.

  
     
 

Now you're all under arrest. The whole bunch of ya. And you too, and you know why. Her Majesty's very touchy about having her subjects strangled.

  
     
  What do you think I want to break out of a blooming pudding?  
     
  Come on Din, the world is ours!  
     
     
 

Only Angels Have Wings (1939)

  
     
 

Hello Judy.

  
     
 

Here, we'll flip the coin for it. Tails you go, heads you stay.

  
     
  Don't believe in laying in a supply of anything...  
     
  Cut it out...Cut it out!..What's the use of feeling bad about something that couldn't be helped?  
     
  Look, what do you want me to do? Have it stuffed?  
     
  You're a queer duck, Bonnie.  
     
  Did you ever know a woman that didn't want to make plans? Map out everything? Get it all set?  
     
  Well, you're right about one thing. A bird would have too much sense to fly in that kind of muck.  
     
  Get out of here. Hurry up. You too, Doc, use both feet.  
     
     
  In Name Only (1939)  
     
  You know. When the cat's away the mouse will play.  
     
  Hmmm well, sounds very practical. Bilious, but practical.  
     
  Pardon me Madame, do you snore? ... Oh, well then I guess I'll have to buy an alarm clock won't I?  
     
  I'm not cute.  
     
  That's the trouble with your generation, you're so skeptical. Where's your sense of romance?  
     
  Well, I see it all now. The world would be a better place to live in if men didn't buy wallpaper, huh?  
     
  Can you take care of a man in the style he's not been accustomed to?  
     
  I like people with big appetites.  
     
  I haven't the remotest notion. She calls me up every now and then and we talk. I call her my telephone dream girl. It's practically weird.  
     
     
 

My Favorite Wife (1940)

  
     
  I came here with my wife... hum... my bride really. Now my wife, not my bride... my wife... Why should I bother you with details?  
     
  Do you ride in cabs? Or do you just trot along side?  
     
  I've got a feeling you're enjoying my misery.  
     
  Well, you don't want to give them a shock. At their age the mind is a pretty sensitive instrument.  
     
  I'all thought your'all performance was mighty good this evenin' sister Ellen.  
     
  Truth is stranger than fiction. Truth is stranger than fiction. Truth is stranger than fiction.  
     
  Impulsive? He's full of carrots!  
     
     
  Penny Serenade (1941)  
     
  Oohh. Now don't be so practical when I'm being highly romantic.  
     
  Anyway, when they're two years old they're more or less housebroken then aren't they?  
     
  Well then, what are you squawking about?  
     
  What a grip! For a girl I mean.  
     
  Not goodbye Darling. Just see you later.  
     
     
 

Suspicion (1941)

  
     
  If you're going to kill someone, do it simply.  
     
  You thought I was going to kiss you, didn't you?  
     
  Your hair's all wrong. It has such wonderful possibilities that I, well, I got excited. For the moment I became a, a passionate hairdresser.  
     
  Well, if the worst comes to the worst and there's no other way out, I'll have to... borrow some more.  
     
     
 

Talk of the Town, The (1942)

  
     
  Well, it's a form of self-expression. Some people write books. Some people write music. I make speeches on street corners.  
     
  What is the law? It's a gun pointed at somebody's head. All depends upon which end of the gun you stand, whether the law is just or not.  
     
  You wore pigtails then. I was in love with you.  
     
  Stop saying "Leopold" like that, tenderly. It sounds funny. You can't do it with a name like Leopold.  
     
     
 

Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942)

  
     
 

Not so loud? I always talk loud when I'm mad! You're lucky I don't jump up and down! It's things like this that can make a man a... a... a Republican!

  
     
  Well, couldn't you have thought a little harder and got a better idea?  
     
  I'm not gonna give up until you give in  
     
  I had the feeling that if a gnat dove into your pool of knowledge he'd have broken his neck.  
     
  Did you just stand inside and wait for the wrong moment to come out?  
     
  You're looking at a contented man.  
     
  Ah now, come on, break down, give me the story.  
     
  Boy, I've heard everything.  
     
     
  Mr. Lucky (1943)  
     
  Never give a sucker an even break. But don't cheat a friend.  
     
  Yes, sir or madame.  
     
  Well, ya see how it looks. And it looks bad.  
     
  Go on. I'm a peaceloving citizen.  
     
  Can't ya wait and make the thing legal?  
     
  Hey ah, could ya help me? I dropped me purl.  
     
  Look, what's a guy supposed to do? Put his heart on a plate before you'll trust him?  
     
     
 

Destination Tokyo (1943)

  
     
  It'll be a long time between beers.  
     
 

There's lots of Mikes dying right now. And a lot more Mikes will die. Until we wipe out a system that puts daggers in the hands of five-year-old children.

  
     
  You may be infants in the submarine service but we figure you'll be veterans by the time we make port again.  
     
  Well, I got on my lucky sweater.  
     
     
 

None But the Lonely Heart (1944)

  
     
  I'm so broke I'm in two halves.  
     
  They say money talks... all it's ever said to me is goodbye.  
     
     
  Night and Day (1946)  
     
  I've often wondered if you were as lovely as I thought you were.  
     
  Say, you've not only got rosebuds, you've got a critical sense.  
     
  Excuse me Gracie while I pay the rent.  
     
  I've never stopped thinking about you. Everything I've written. Everyplace I've been. Everything I've done. You've never been out of my mind.  
     
     
 

Notorious (1946)

  
     
  A man doesn't tell a woman what to do. She tells herself. You almost had me believing in that little hokey-pokey miracle of yours. If a woman like you could ever change her spots.  
     
  Dry your eyes, baby. It's out of character.  
     
 

When I don't love you, I'll let you know.

  
     
 

I've always been scared of women, but I'll get over it.

  
     
 

Wait a minute, I'm gonna kiss you.

  
     
 

It gets a bit lonely squatting on a bench all day.

  
     
 

Actions speak louder than words.

  
     
     
 

Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer, The (1947)

  
     
  Hi! Mellow greetings, yookie dookie!  
     
  Come back in an hour. I'll be crazy by then.  
   Ready poot, let's scoot!  
  Ready boot, let's scoot!
Greet.
Greet.
Hey, you remind me of a man.
What man?
The man with the power.
What power?
The power of hoodoo.
Hoodoo?
You do.
Do what?
Remind me of a man.
What man?
The man with the power ...		  
     
  Behind every defeated man there's a frustrated love.  
     
 

The only traumatic event she needs is a good smack in the jaw!

  
     
     
 

Bishop's Wife, The (1947)

  
     
  The only people who grow old were born old to begin with.  
     
  If people could only learn to behave like human beings.  
     
  Sometimes angels rush in where fools fear to tread.  
     
     
 

Every Girl Should Be Married (1948)

  
     
  There's such a thing as dignity and modesty and decorum!  
     
  How in the world did Eve ever get Adam when she had no other woman to help her with the subtle little touches?  
     
  Now, now just a second. Just hear me out and please don't try to twist my words around to suit yourself.  
     
  You see, I don't consider myself any prize package.  
     
  I'd like to accommodate you Miss Sims but actually I'm in another line of work.  
     
  Like your other remark that's not funny either.  
     
  Extremely creative to say the least.  
     
     
 

Crisis (1950)

  
     
  Under the best conditions, about 12 percent. These are not the best conditions.  
     
  Same old cry through the ages - save me, doctor. Save me, anybody.  
     
  I only saved your life, I didn't vote for you.  
     
     
 

Monkey Business (1952)

  
     
  Aw, c'mon; let's scalp him!  
     
  A good buy? Well, good bye to you!  
     
  Well, Miss Laurel was just showing me her acetates.  
     
  What a ridiculous way to start a day.  
     
  The history of discovery is the history of people who didn't follow rules.  
     
  Now, I've thought this over very carefully and I've almost come to a conclusion.  
     
  In my opinion, your opinion that it's a silly song is a silly opinion.  
     
  Care to elaborate on that?  
     
  Do not trifle with your luck.  
     
  Now, Edwina, we drove all the way down here to enjoy ourselves and to pursue an important scientific experiment at the same time.  
     
     
 

Dream Wife (1953)

  
     
  That's a delightful custom, by all means.  
     
  Three months. Do you realize that's 90 days? Do you know how many hours that is? Well, neither do I but it must be an awful lot.  
     
  Well, they're the most ridiculous hats I've ever seen. They all look like cracker jack prizes.  
     
  I love your hats. You were wearing a sweet sort of airplane hat, with gumdrops hanging down.  
     
  Are you asking as a woman, or a member of the state department?  
     
  I must say I'm delighted to meet you. Mustn't I?  
     
  Now hear this, and hear it good. This is only going to take a minute but it may be the most important minute in our lives.  
     
  You're not going to give me that Amelia Bloomer, Harriet Beecher Stowe routine?  
     
 

She had to leave to take care of a crisis in the Sahara. Some of the sand was missing.

  
     
     
  Pride and the Passion, The (1957)  
     
  His astonishing charm has won the day again!  
     
  Now that's an understatement if I've ever heard one.  
     
  That's the part of you that's cheap.  
     
     
  Kiss Them For Me (1957)  
     
  Am I drunk? No, but what a lovely idea.  
     
  That's the stuff. True love almost always fades, but money stays green forever.  
     
  Now just because I didn't put up a struggle don't get the notion I'm easy.  
     
  Aww, now that's a pretty corny bit isn't it?  
     
  Who could ask for anything more?  
     
  Good. Fine. Well, that is I'm a little sophomoric. But otherwise I'm fine.  
     
  Anything we need, animal, vegetable or mineral can find it's way to us.  
     
  I don't get it. You don't resist and you don't cooperate.  
     
  Well I'll tell you what. Could you just get under the blanket with me? ... Well, would you deny me a little body heat? ...  Aw come on, you'd love it. It's just like snuggling up to a washing machine.  
     
     
 

Indiscreet (1958)

  
     
 

Oh, I tell you. Women are not the sensitive sex. That's one of the grand delusions of literature. Men are the true romanticists.

  
     
  Well! I will not lower myself to discussing such behavior. I will merely say that it does not flatter you.  
     
  I wouldn't marry any woman if you held a gun to my head.  
     
  I was just trying to help the conversation along.  
     
     
  Houseboat (1958)  
     
  You bet your sweet life I can do that.  
     
  Well, you'll have to settle down one day Angelo, if only from sheer exhaustion.  
     
  II'm one of the undomesticated animals.  
     
  Oh, I can't tell you what a help you are!  
     
  Don't tell me I had a good idea at last?  
     
  Well, if you don't mind, I prefer to worry.  
     
  I can't just take any girl one of you finds on the streets.  
     
     
 

Grass Is Greener, The (1960)

  
     
 

First you borrow my times, now you pinch my bible. That's democracy running amok!

  
     
  I shall wake up and find it is all a beautiful dream.  
     
  If that story is supposed to illustrate what I think are your intentions, I must warn you, I am in no mood to be soaked in disinfectant.  
     
  A spoken word, like a lost opportunity doesn't come back. When a situation like this is admitted out loud it means it's been accepted. If it is accepted it's got to be discussed. And each time you discuss it you get further apart, until in the end you are so far away from each other that you have to shout. And the whole thing becomes hopeless.  
     
  Under the present circumstances I find that a most improper suggestion.  
     
     
 

That Touch of Mink (1962)

  
     
 

The Four Horsemen now have a riding companion. There's War, Famine, Death, Pestilence, and Miss Timberlake!

  
     
  A simple dull, unimaginative man who will smile tolerantly when he comes home from work and learns she's misplaced the children.  
     
 

There's so much to be grateful for and so little time to be grateful.

  
     
  Neurotics of the world unite. You have nothing to lose but your psychiatrists.  
     
 

If Dr. Freud had ever been exposed to this girl he'd have burned his couch and opened a delicatessen. Freud's Famous Frankfurters.

  
     
  If all people everywhere could be content, and their living standards even and compatible with ours there would be no envy in the world.  
     
  I respect you for telling me. But what we have transcends all politics.  
     
     
 

Charade (1963)

  
     
  Wow, when you come on, you come on, don't you?  
     
  How about making me vice president in charge of cheering you up?  
     
  Well, if anyone goes on the critical list, let me know.  
     
  If you get bored, try writing 'Love Thy Neighbor' a hundred times on the side of the building!  
     
  All right, get set for the story of my life.  
     
  Well, what did you expect me to say? That a pretty girl with an outrageous manner means more to an old pro like me than a quarter of a million dollars?  
     
  Do women find it feminine to be so illogical, or can't they help it?  
     
     
 

Father Goose (1964)

  
     
  Frank. Kiss my foot Frank.  
     
  Let me tell you I am not a father figure. I am not a brother figure or an uncle figure or a cousin figure. In fact, the only figure I intend being is a total stranger figure.  
     
  I created a monster. A talking person.  
     
  Lady, you are making a powerful enemy.  
     
  So far you're shared me out of my clothes, my food and my house. Now, how about sharing some of my things with me.  
     
  No, they're dirty, I'm filthy.  
     
  Maybe if you stopped straightening pictures and let men wear their own pants, maybe they'd be able to touch you without asking "permesso!"  
     
  If you're waiting for the big finale, I'm sorry this is all I do.  
     
     
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