Quotes from Cary Grant

I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be and I finally became that person. Or he became me. Or we met at some point.

Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant.

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

We have our factory, which is called a stage. We make a product, we color it, we title it, and we ship it out in cans.

One must always be careful with books and treasure them.

Once told by an interviewer, Everybody would like to be Cary Grant, Grant is said to have replied, So would I.

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

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.

Insanity doesn't run in my family. It gallops.

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

Everybody wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant.

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

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

Divorce is a game played by lawyers.

You know I have about the same interest in jewelry as I have in politics, horse racing, modern poetry, and women who need weird excitement – none.

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

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

Sometimes angels rush in where fools fear to tread.

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