John Derek: 10 Movie Quotes with Audio

Movie quotes delivered by John Derek, ranked by user ratings. Listen online or download free MP3 and WAV clips.

1 No! Nothing's gonna slow me down. From here on in, I travel in a hurry. What I used to say still goes. Live fast, die young... And have a good-looking corpse.

As Nick Romano in Knock on Any Door (1949)

2 Water before love, my girl.

In The Ten Commandments (1956)

3 Why don't you quit asking me dumb questions? -Yeah, but I'm g-g-giving you good advice. -Who asked ya?

As Nick Romano in Knock on Any Door (1949)

4 I never gave anybody anything before. It feels... good.

As Nick Romano in Knock on Any Door (1949)

5 I drink, I gamble, I steal! That's how I live!

As Nick Romano in Knock on Any Door (1949)

6 Count it. 30 bucks... you're paid in full. -Well, that's great. You want a receipt? Chances are, you jackrolled some other poor sucker to get it. Did you? -I did not. I won it absolutely fair in a crap game.

Humphrey Bogart as Andrew Morton; John Derek as Nick Romano in Knock on Any Door (1949)

7 Live fast, die young, have a good-looking corpse.

As Nick Romano in Knock on Any Door (1949)

8 When I was an altar boy. Et introibo ad altare dei, ad deum qui laetificat juventutem meam. -How'd I remember that? -What's it mean? -And I go into the altar of God, to God who giveth joy to my youth.

As Nick Romano in Knock on Any Door (1949)

9 Why did you run away from the police when they tried to arrest you? -Well, on skid row when the cops come around, everybody runs.

Humphrey Bogart as Andrew Morton; John Derek as Nick Romano in Knock on Any Door (1949)

10 Boy, what a life. You and your friends sure know how to live. -Yeah. -Maybe I don't, huh?

As Nick Romano in Knock on Any Door (1949)