“It's a good thing [James] Dean died when he did. If he'd lived, he'd never have been able to live up to the publicity.” IfsHas BeensAbleDiedGood ThingsPublicityDean Author:Humphrey Bogart
“I don't approve of the John Waynes and the Gary Coopers saying "Shucks, I ain't no actor - I'm just a bridge builder or a gas station attendant." If they aren't actors, what the hell are they getting paid for? I have respect for my profession. I worked hard at it.” IfsHardActorsHellPaidProfessionBridgesGasStationsWayneBuilderGaryGas Stations Author:Humphrey Bogart
“I don't hurt the industry. The industry hurts itself, by making so many lousy movies - as if General Motors deliberately put out a bad car.” IfsHurtCarIndustryMotorGeneral Motors Author:Humphrey Bogart
“"The whole world is three drinks behind. If everyone in the world would take three drinks, we would have no trouble. If Stalin, Truman and everybody else in the world had three drinks right now, we’d all loosen up and we wouldn’t need the United Nations.” IfsWorldNeedsWholeThreeNationsUnitedBehindsTroubleDrinkRight NowWhole WorldUnited NationsTruman Author:Humphrey Bogart
“It is at least worth arguing that there is a modicum of the creative novelist in all of us, and that this absorption with how men get out of difficulties, single-handedly and alone if possible, is the stuff of which we weave the warp and woof of our own better dramatic imaginings.” IfsMenStuffCreativeDifficultyArguingNovelistsDramaticAbsorptionWarp Author:Humphrey Bogart
“Sinatra’s idea of paradise is a place where there are plenty of women and no newspapermen. He doesn’t know it, but he’d be better off if it were the other way around.” IfsKnowsWayIdeasPlentyParadiseBetter Off Author:Humphrey Bogart
“If a face like Ingrid Bergman's looks at you as though you're adorable, everybody does. You don't have to act very much.” IfsLooksDoeFacesAdorableBergman Author:Humphrey Bogart
“Ugarte: You despise me, don't you? Rick Blaine: If I gave you any thought I probably would.” IfsDespise Author:Humphrey Bogart
