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 don't want to be a piece of meat.

Interview 1949

The older I get, the more I listen to what people don't say.

Interview 1959

Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.

Interview 1938

I'm a sucker for good conversation.

Letter 1928

You can't stay mad at somebody who makes you laugh.

Interview 1947

Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.

Speech 1936

I like to wake up each morning feeling a new man.

Interview 1951

The way to be safe is never to be secure.

Letter 1942

I've always been a ladies' man, but I never chased them.

Interview 1934

Time is the great healer, or so they say.

Interview 1953

I don't mind being called the King, but I don't like the crown.

Interview 1937

Every man has his price. Mine is just higher than most.

Speech 1945

Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.

Interview 1956

A good film is when the price of admission, the ticket and the popcorn, has been paid back by the time the lights go down.

Interview 1939

I never laugh until I've had my coffee.

Letter 1932

The best cure for a hangover is to stay drunk.

Interview 1948

I've made a lot of mistakes, but I learned from them all.

Interview 1958

Oh, I don't know. I guess I've always been a ham.

Early interview 1925

What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.

Speech 1940