The beast was a tough guy, too. He could lick the world, but when he saw beauty, she got him. He went soft. He forgot his wisdom, and the little fellas licked him.

Carl Denham (Robert Armstrong)

10 seconds sound clip from the King Kong (1933) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:19:26.655 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

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- Some big hard-boiled egg gets a look at a pretty face, and bang, he cracks up and goes sappy.

- Now, who's going sappy? Listen, I haven't run out on you, have I?

- No, you're a pretty tough guy, but a beauty gets you, you...

- Ha. I'm going right into a theme song here.

- Say, what are you talking about?

- It's the idea of my picture.

- The beast was a tough guy, too. He could lick the world, but when he saw beauty, she got him. He went soft. He forgot his wisdom, and the little fellas licked him.

- Think it over, Jack.

- The skipper wants you up on the bridge. He says we've reached the position you marked.

- Good.

- Come on, Jack. You're in on this. I'm going to spill it.

- There's our noon position. 2 south, 90 east.

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