Classic Film Quotes

Wars may come and wars may go, but art goes on forever. - Leslie Howard, The 49th Parallel (1941)

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"A weak mind isn't strong enough to hurt itself. Stupidity has saved many a man from going mad."
- A Matter of Life and Death (1946)

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Debbie Reynolds as Lu: "I've been on a train 4 days and it was a little dusty coming in from town. Could I have a bath?"
Mrs. Gates: "On a Thursday?"
The Second Time Around (1961)

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"I saw a great group of men standing around a table. knew there was only one woman in the world who could attract men like that; a woman with a lot of money." - Nick to his wife Nora, "Another Thin Man" (1939)

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"What do you mean illiterate? My father and mother were married right here in the City Hall!"
-After the Thin Man (1936)

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"England is so much more beautiful when you (Arabella, played by Olivia de Havilland) are here." - Captain Blood (1935)

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"You can't be mean. You're to pretty!" - Little boy to his nurse played by Joan Crawford - A Woman's Face (1941)

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"I don't dine. But I'll wine with you." - A Tale of Two Cities (1935)

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"Let sleeping kings lie, Thomas, and we'll see to the government." - Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)

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Jim: "Would you like a Hershey bar?
Nina: Oh yes, please.
Jim: So would I kid, have you got one?”
-"Empire of the Sun" (1987)

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"Walking through life with you, m'am, has been a very gracious thing." Errol Flynn to Olivia de Havilland in "The Died with their Boots on."- 1941

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@BNNBreaking The Pentagon does not make or interpret laws, so that's like me making that proclamation. What's the point?

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"I've smoked 12 ciagarettes since lunch. If you must know, I smoked 6 this morning." Yikes. A pregnant Mary Astor in The Great Lie (1941)

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Annie on Beverly Hills: "It's so clean out here."
Alvy: "They don't throw their garbage away; they turn it into television shows."
Annie Hall (1977)

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"The trouble with me is I put women on a pedestal."
"Well, you've gotta stop going out with short women."
-Palm Springs Weekend (1963)

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“There are never enough hours in the days of a queen, and her nights have too many.” -Cleopatra (1963).

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"He finally got to the top of the world. And it blew right up in his face." -White Heat (1949)

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Get thee to a movie theater!

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“You ask me, the light’s winning.” #TheBigScreenIsBack https://t.co/ylNUotd64r

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"Mama, face it. I was the slut of all time." - Elizabeth Taylor as Gloria in "Butterfield 8" (1960)

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"A wife should stick to her husband. If she doesn't, some other woman will." -Smart Woman (1931)

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"Actresses start on the bottom."
"But I'd rather start at the top." A self-confident retort from aspiring actress played by Miriam Hopkins- "Lady with Red Hair" (1940)