Terry McKay: What makes life so difficult?
Nickie Ferrante: People.


--Cary Grant (as Nickie Ferrante) in An Affair to Remember

Alexander Sebastian: I'm not afraid to die.
Devlin: You've got your chance, here and now.


--Cary Grant (as Devlin) in Notorious

Margaret : Judge Turner is an Associate Justice of the State Supreme Court!
Richard Nugent: Good for you junior - better than working for a living!


--Cary Grant (as Dick) in The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

Muriel Blandings: I refuse to endanger the lives of my children in a house with less than four bathrooms.
Jim Blandings: For 1,300 dollars they can live in a house with three bathrooms and ROUGH IT.


--Cary Grant (as Jim Blandings) in Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

Muriel Blandings: You remember Bunny Funkhouser, dear, that clever young interior decorator that we met at the Collins' cocktail party.
Jim Blandings: You mean that young man with the open-toed sandals? What about him?
Muriel Blandings: Well, you know how long we've said we've got to do something about fixing up this apartment. Well, a couple of weeks ago, he called, and I asked him to come over, and he had some simply wonderful ideas, and I didn't want to bother you with sketches and estimates until I knew whether we could afford it. So I sent them over to Bill.
Jim Blandings: How much?
Muriel Blandings: What's the point in asking how much until you know what you're going to get?
Jim Blandings: I've seen Bunny Funkhouser. I *know* what I'm going to get.


--Cary Grant (as Jim Blandings) in Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

Matt Beemish: But I've got a plan.
Richard Nugent: I've had enough of your plans and your whole family.


--Cary Grant (as Dick) in The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

Matt Beemish: I'm the court psychiatrist.
Richard Nugent: Come back in an hour. I'll be crazy by then.


--Cary Grant (as Dick) in The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

Eve Kendall: I'm a big girl.
Roger Thornhill: Yeah, and in all the right places, too.


--Cary Grant (as Roger O. Thornhill) in North by Northwest

Eve Kendall: It's going to be a long night.
Roger Thornhill: True.
Eve Kendall: And I don't particularly like the book I've started.
Roger Thornhill: Ah.
Eve Kendall: You know what I mean?
Roger Thornhill: Ah, let me think. Yes, I know exactly what you mean.


--Cary Grant (as Roger O. Thornhill) in North by Northwest

Eve Kendall: Patience is a virtue.
Roger Thornhill: So is breathing.


--Cary Grant (as Roger O. Thornhill) in North by Northwest