21 Quotes by Clifford Odets (Sound Clips)

Last updated on: June 25, 2020

Find and rate the best quotes from Clifford Odets's works, selected from famous or less known movies, plays and other sources, featuring short audio clips in MP3 and WAV formats.

1 I drank a light scotch and soda, and I began to cry. And I haven't cried like that since I was a boy.

Rod Steiger as Stanley Shriner Hoff in The Big Knife (1955)

2 A boy like you? Who are you? Who are you? Some kind of special aristocracy because the female public wants to make love with you?

Rod Steiger as Stanley Shriner Hoff in The Big Knife (1955)

3 Why don't you hit him back? No, wait a minute, I was wrong. Don't hit him back. Explain to him that, since he's bigger than you, it isn't fair.

Ida Lupino as Marion Castle in The Big Knife (1955)

4 Never underestimate a man because you don't like him.

Quote from The Big Knife (1955)

5 Please, you'll excuse me for speaking with my eyes closed, but it helps me see better.

Rod Steiger as Stanley Shriner Hoff in The Big Knife (1955)

6 Ideals, kitty? Nowadays? A lost crusade.

Quote from The Big Knife (1955)

7 Naive, ain't I? -Yes, but it's one of your best qualities.

Jack Palance as Charlie Castle in The Big Knife (1955)

8 Look at him. Get his act. He's trying to play the crocodile. And what is he? A little lizard under a rock.

Jack Palance as Charlie Castle in The Big Knife (1955)

9 A man can live only one of two ways, either married or like a bachelor. What you want is the best of both! And that's not a marriage, not in my book.

Ida Lupino as Marion Castle in The Big Knife (1955)

10 I'll keep the pen. It's my only proof that the war is over or that it was ever fought.

Jack Palance as Charlie Castle in The Big Knife (1955)

21 Quotes by Clifford Odets (Sound Clips)

1 I drank a light scotch and soda, and I began to cry. And I haven't cried like that since I was a boy.

2 A boy like you? Who are you? Who are you? Some kind of special aristocracy because the female public wants to make love with you?

3 Why don't you hit him back? No, wait a minute, I was wrong. Don't hit him back. Explain to him that, since he's bigger than you, it isn't fair.

4 Never underestimate a man because you don't like him.

5 Please, you'll excuse me for speaking with my eyes closed, but it helps me see better.

6 Ideals, kitty? Nowadays? A lost crusade.

7 Naive, ain't I? -Yes, but it's one of your best qualities.

8 Look at him. Get his act. He's trying to play the crocodile. And what is he? A little lizard under a rock.

9 A man can live only one of two ways, either married or like a bachelor. What you want is the best of both! And that's not a marriage, not in my book.

10 I'll keep the pen. It's my only proof that the war is over or that it was ever fought.

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