Kirk Douglas Movie Quotes & Lines – 59 Classics (+ Audio) - page 2

Updated: Apr 4, 2025

Memorable movie quotes of Kirk Douglas (December 9, 1916 – February 5, 2020), with short sound clips, available in MP3 and WAV formats.

11 I thought it would be nice if I went to the cemetery and laid a wreath of flowers on his grave. However, I never got there. Sentiment overwhelmed me. I stopped off to have a drink to his sainted memory.

As Walter O'Neil in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)

12 All right. Now tell me why you got drunk? -Because I couldn't get up and speak before people.

Barbara Stanwyck as Martha Ivers; Kirk Douglas as Walter O'Neil in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)

13 It's quite a thing, in a small city like this, to be a district attorney. You get to feel like God. You know everything. Down to the smallest detail. Even a call to Dempsey's garage.

As Walter O'Neil in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)

14 Sounds just like a poem. If it rhymed, it would rhyme with murder.

As Walter O'Neil in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)

15 He's drunk. He's been sitting here drinking all night. -Draw a chalk line and I'll walk it. Or I'll take a mental test, any question, like... what is my object in life?

Barbara Stanwyck as Martha Ivers; Kirk Douglas as Walter O'Neil in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)

16 It's not anyone's fault. It's just the way things are. It's what people want and how hard they want it. And how hard it is for them to get it.

As Walter O'Neil in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)

17 Who are you? What is your name? -I don't know. There's no name in my head.

Ulysses (Kirk Douglas), Nausicaa From The Odyssey (Kirk Douglas) in Ulysses (1954)

18 It's the footprint of a god. -Probably just a man with big feet.

As Ulysses in Ulysses (1954)

19 Give me more of this wine of yours. I like it. -There's no more. -No more? I want more. -We'll go out. We'll gather grapes, we'll make more.

Ulysses (Kirk Douglas), Polyphemus From The Odyssey (Kirk Douglas) in Ulysses (1954)

20 Ulysses, destroyer of cities, sacker of Troy, son of Laertes and king of Ithaca.

As Ulysses in Ulysses (1954)

Kirk Douglas Movie Quotes & Lines – 59 Classics (+ Audio) - page 2

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