Glenn Ford: 42 Movie Quotes with Audio

Updated: Jun 3, 2026

Memorable movie quotes of Glenn Ford (May 1, 1916 – August 30, 2006), with short sound clips, available in MP3 and WAV formats.

1 And there's one thing I do know, son, and that is you are here for a reason. I don't know whose reason, but whatever the reason is... maybe it's because I don't know, it's... But I do know one thing: It's not to score touchdowns.

As Jonathan Kent in Superman (1978)

2 To me, a dollar was a dollar in any language.

As Johnny Farrell in Gilda (1946)

3 Been showing off a bit, haven't you, son?

As Jonathan Kent in Superman (1978)

4 Yeah, I know you can do all these amazing things and sometimes you think that you will just go bust unless you can tell people about it.

As Jonathan Kent in Superman (1978)

5 Then a man gets older, and he thinks very differently and things get very clear.

As Jonathan Kent in Superman (1978)

6 Hey, you know something? You ought to be doing radio commercials. How to talk a lot and say nothing.

As Dave Bannion in The Big Heat (1953)

7 Tell that to your mother.

As Dave Bannion in The Big Heat (1953)

8 Well, maybe you can help me. My wife was murdered 10 days ago. Someone planted dynamite in our car.

As Dave Bannion in The Big Heat (1953)

9 Clothes, travel, expensive excitement. What's wrong with that? -Nothing, if you don't care where his money comes from.

Glenn Ford as Dave Bannion; Gloria Grahame as Debby Marsh in The Big Heat (1953)

10 Am I going to die? -If I said you'd live another 100 years, you'd call me a liar.

Gloria Grahame as Debby Marsh; Glenn Ford as Dave Bannion in The Big Heat (1953)