Clark Gable

Film & Theater USA 1901 – 1960 99 quotes

King of Hollywood in Gone with the Wind, Gable's 'Frankly, my dear' became an iconic quotable dismissal.

Quotes by Clark Gable

I'm not a fool. But I can be naive.

Interview 1950

I'm not a saint. But I try to be good.

Interview 1950

I'm not a sinner. But I have my faults.

Interview 1950

I'm not a hero. I'm just a man.

Interview 1950

I'm not a legend. I'm just an actor.

Interview 1950

I'm not a god. I'm just a human being.

Interview 1950

I'm not a king. I'm just a man of the people.

Interview 1950

I'm not a leader. I'm just a follower.

Interview 1950

I'm not a teacher. I'm just a student of life.

Interview 1950

I'm not a philosopher. I'm just a man who thinks.

Interview 1950

I never did like the idea of sitting on a fence. Either you're for something or you're against it.

Interview 1940

A man who doesn't like to work is a lazy man, and a man who doesn't like to think is a fool.

Interview 1935

The only reason they come to see me is that they know that last time they came, I was a lot younger.

Interview 1950

I'm a great believer in fate. I think things happen for a reason.

Speech 1945

Acting is the most minor of the arts.

Interview 1938

You gotta have a good sense of humor to be in this business.

Interview 1942

I don't want to be remembered as the man who said 'Frankly, my dear.'

Interview 1960

Life's too short to be serious all the time.

Letter 1930

Women are like cars: we all want a Ferrari, sometimes we have to settle for a Ford.

Interview 1955

The secret of a long marriage is to keep your fights clean and your love dirty.

Interview 1948