Cornel Wilde Movie Quotes & Lines – 36 Classics (+ Audio)

Updated: Apr 9, 2025

Movie quotes of the Hungarian-American actor Cornel Wilde (born Kornél Lajos Weisz; January 14, 1948 – February 1, 2024). Enjoy these quotes accompanied by short sound clips, available in MP3 and WAV formats.

1 Liquidation of assets. Which is hardly a crime. -I'll wait until I can put you on trial for murder.

Cornel Wilde as Leonard Diamond; Richard Conte as Mr. Brown in The Big Combo (1955)

2 You think this is mink? Do you think these are the skins of little wild animals sewn together for your pleasure? You're mistaken. These are skins of human beings. People who have been beaten, sold, robbed doped and murdered by Mr. Brown.

As Leonard Diamond in The Big Combo (1955)

3 I saw the papers this morning. I'm sorry. Terribly, terribly sorry. -Why, that it wasn't me?

Cornel Wilde as Leonard Diamond; Jean Wallace as Susan Lowell in The Big Combo (1955)

4 Tell her how he ate his bacon and eggs while he looked at the papers, and saw the body of this girl lying in the morgue.

As Leonard Diamond in The Big Combo (1955)

5 Don't worry. You won't have any trouble finding new friends, but be sure they're friends this time.

As Griff Marat in Shockproof (1949)

6 Not in the modern educational system. They don't spank kids anymore. -They just send them to jail.

Cornel Wilde as Griff Marat; Patricia Knight as Jenny Marsh in Shockproof (1949)

7 That girl's going places. -She sure is. Right back to prison. Today.

As Griff Marat in Shockproof (1949)

8 He taught me what fork to use, how to dress correctly, how to speak correctly. -Everything but how to think correctly.

Cornel Wilde as Griff Marat; Patricia Knight as Jenny Marsh in Shockproof (1949)

9 If you just use your head. -Yes, heads instead of hearts.

Cornel Wilde as Griff Marat; Patricia Knight as Jenny Marsh in Shockproof (1949)

10 She's under arrest, Mr. Brown. -What's the charge? -Homicide! -That's ridiculous, she wouldn't kill a fly. -She tried to kill herself.

Cornel Wilde as Leonard Diamond; Richard Conte as Mr. Brown in The Big Combo (1955)

Cornel Wilde Movie Quotes & Lines – 36 Classics (+ Audio)

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