Cary Grant Quotes, Thoughts and images

My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. In between, I occupy myself as best I can.

Destiny is not necessarily what we get out of life, but rather, what we give.

Simplicity, to me, has always been the essence of good taste.

When people tell you how young you look, they are also telling you how old you are.

To succeed with the opposite sex, tell her you're impotent. She can't wait to disprove it.

It takes 500 small details to add up to one favourable impression.

We should all just smell well and enjoy ourselves more.

I began by acting like the person I wanted to be, and eventually I became that person.

Sometimes angels rush in where fools fear to tread.

All it takes are a few simple outfits. And there's one secret - The Simpler The Better

Do your job and demand your compensation - but in that order.

Probably no greater honor can come to any man than the respect of his colleagues.

I think that making love is the best form of exercise.

I'm prepared. I have a gun and I know how to shoot, and whoever comes calling without an invitation will get it in the rear end.

There must be something between us, even if it's only an ocean.

A shot of brandy can save your life, but a bottle of brandy can kill you.

I really am a happy, amusing fellow at heart. Trouble is I seem the only one left.

My father used to say, 'Let them see you and not the suit. That should be secondary.'

I may not have married for very sound reasons, but money was the least of them.

Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops.

I suppose you might call me the sophisticated type. I like to act with dialogue. Not with grunts.

I improve on misquotation.

Ah, beware of snobbery; it is the unwelcome recognition of one's own past failings.

Dying's tough - but not as tough as comedy.

It's better to buy one good pair of shoes than four cheap ones.

I'm a fatheaded guy, full of pain. It tore me up not having you.

I have no plans to write an autobiography, I will leave that to others. I'm sure they will turn me into a homosexual or a Nazi spy or something else.

If you want to be an actor, my advice is to learn your lines and don't bump into the other actors.

I acted like Cary Grant for so long that I became Cary Grant

Divorce is a game played by lawyers.

The only really good thing about acting in movies is that there's no heavy lifting.

I can't bear to hear a woman talk baby talk.

I improve in misquotation.

When I'm married I want to be single, and when I'm single I want to be married.

Everyone tells me I've had such an interesting life, but sometimes I think it's been nothing but stomach disturbances and self-concern.