84 Quotes by Cary Grant

Sometimes angels rush in where fools fear to tread.

One pretends to do something, or copy someone or some teacher, until it can be done confidently and easily in what becomes one's own style

I am reminded of a piece of advice my father gave me regarding shoes. ...He said it is better to buy one good pair of shoes than four cheap ones. One pair made of fine leather could outlast four inferior pairs and, if well-cared-for, would continue to proclaim your good judgment and taste no matter how old they become.

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.

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

I was a self-centered bore. I was masochistic, and only thought I was happy. When I woke up and said, "there must be something wrong with me", I grew up. Because I never understood myself, how could I hope to understand anyone else? That's why I can truly say that now I can give a woman love for the first time in my life, because I can understand her.

It is the law of life that if you are kind to someone you feel happy. If you arecruel you are unhappy. And if you hurt someone, you will be hurt back.

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

There's no point in being unhappy about growing older. Just think of the millions who have been denied the privilege.