21 Quotes by Clifford Odets (Sound Clips) - page 2

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11 Leave a lot of cars out front, and the drunks will be dropping in all night.

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

12 Take it easy? That's where the trouble begins.

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

13 Come on, now, be yourself. -That's another local remark, which means, Be just like me, don't be yourself.

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

14 Am I the worst oaf in the world? -The world's a big place. You're the worst one in my life.

Jack Palance as Charlie Castle; Ida Lupino as Marion Castle in The Big Knife (1955)

15 When I was 16, my family threw me out of the house. That makes you very nervous. I mean, a thing like that makes you very touchy. They just kind of gave me up for lost.

Shelley Winters as Dixie Evans in The Big Knife (1955)

16 Knocked her down and kicked her black and blue. May have broken one of her ribs. They taped her up in the infirmary. Our story is that the dog, one of those great big monsters, yanked on the leash and threw her to the floor.

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

17 A woman with six martinis can ruin a city.

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

18 What's she doing here? -Cheap serf labor. I pay her by the lifetime.

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

19 You're never told, the embroidery of your speech is completely out of proportion to anything you have to say.

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

20 Don't tell me you've got Billy, because he still eats a grape in four bites.

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