Clark Gable movie quotes

86 quotes from 4 movies

Gone with the Wind (1939) as Rhett Butler

View Quote Look at them, all these poor tragic people. The South sinking to its knees. It'll never rise again. "The Cause!" The cause of living in the past is dying right in front of us.

View Quote Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn. This ranked #1 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.

View Quote You go into the arena alone. The lions are hungry for you. Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn. I think it's hard winning a war with words, gentlemen... I'm saying very plainly that the Yankees are better equipped than we... All we've got is cotton and slaves, and arrogance... I seem to be spoiling everybody's brandy and cigars and dreams of victory.

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It Happened One Night (1934) as Peter Warne

View Quote [to his boss, on the phone] In a pig's eye, you will!...Hey listen monkey face, when you fired me, you fired the best newshound your filthy scandal sheet ever had...That was free verse, you gashouse palooka!

View Quote [to Ellie] Don't be a sucker. A good night's rest'll do you a lot of good. Besides, you got nothing to worry about: the walls of Jericho will protect you from the big bad wolf.

View Quote [in a telegram] Am I laughing? The biggest scoop of the year just dropped in my lap. I know where Ellen Andrews is...How would you like to have the story, you big tub of mush...Will try and get it. What I said about never writing another line for you still goes. Are you burning? PETER WARNE

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China Seas (1935) as Captain Gaskell

View Quote Captain Gaskell: I'll be over as soon as I get through. Anything you want?
China Doll: Anything I... ? Toots, I got everything.

View Quote Captain Gaskell: What have you got in your mouth?
Dawson: Chewing tobacco, sir.
Captain Gaskell: Its bad enough to have a ship that looks like this and a Captain that looks like me, without having a Chief Officer who looks like you!

View Quote Captain Gaskell: If I'd had a more definite tie, I might have behaved a bit more decently.
China Doll: Say, if you ain't decent, boyfriend, you'll do until somethin' decent comes along.
Captain Gaskell: Out here maybe. But, anywhere else in the world, we'd both be a little bit soiled.

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Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) as Lt. Fletcher Christian

View Quote [about Bligh] I've never known a better seaman, but as a man, he's a snake. He doesn't punish for discipline. He likes to see men crawl. Sometimes, I'd like to push his poison down his own throat.

View Quote [to Bligh] I'll take my chance against the law. You'll take yours against the sea.

View Quote [to Byam] When you're back in England with the fleet again, you'll hear the hue and cry against me. From now on, they'll spell mutiny with my name. I regret that.

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