Gary Cooper movie quotes

“- Frank Flannagan: What does he export and what does he import?
- Ariane Chavasse: Oh, he uh - he exports perfume and imports bananas. There's a fortune in it. Do you realize that for one bottle of perfume you get twelve bananas?
- Frank Flannagan: Twelve bananas for one bottle of - doesn't sound like such a hot deal to me.
- Ariane Chavasse:...” (continue)(continue reading)
Gary Cooper - Frank Flannagan
Audrey Hepburn - Ariane Chavasse

“He who loves and runs away, lives to love another day.”
Gary Cooper - Frank Flannagan

“- Ariane Chavasse: I see nothing has changed...
- Frank Flannagan: Of course not! Once you've got a winning combination, why mess around with it?”
Audrey Hepburn - Ariane Chavasse
Gary Cooper - Frank Flannagan

“I think people should always behave as though they were between planes.”
Gary Cooper - Frank Flannagan

“- Frank Flannagan: Aren't you a little too young for that?
- Ariane Chavasse: I was about to ask you a similar question. Aren't you a little too old for that?
- Frank Flannagan: That hurts! First you save a man's life, then you stab him. Is that kind?”

Gary Cooper - Frank Flannagan
Audrey Hepburn - Ariane Chavasse

“- Ariane Chavasse: I'm against violence. In my opinion, there's too much shooting in the world, and not enough love.
- Frank Flannagan: How's that, again?
- Ariane Chavasse: I mean, if people loved each other more, they'd shoot each other less!”
Audrey Hepburn - Ariane Chavasse
Gary Cooper - Frank Flannagan

“- Frank Flannagan: Everything about you is perfect.
- Ariane Chavasse: I'm too thin! And my ears stick out, and my teeth are crooked and my neck's much too long.
- Frank Flannagan: Maybe so, but I love the way it all hangs together.”
Gary Cooper - Frank Flannagan
Audrey Hepburn - Ariane Chavasse

“From what I hear about Communism, I don't like it because it isn't on the level.”
Gary Cooper

“People ask me 'how come you been around so long?' Well, it's through playing the part of Mr. Average Joe American.”
Gary Cooper

“Until I came along, all the leading men were handsome, but luckily they wrote a lot of stories about the fellow next door.”
Gary Cooper

“I'm world famous, everywhere I go there are people who love me because of I've been able to bring them some joy from the movies I've made.”
Gary Cooper

“I enlisted when I was a boy. The Navy looked after me like my mother. It fed me, took care of me and gave me wonderful opportunities.”
Gary Cooper

“She looked like a cold dish with a man until you got her pants down. Then she’d explode.”
Gary Cooper On Grace Kelly

“I shall regret the absence of your keen mind. Unfortunately, it is inseparable from an extremely disturbing body.”

Gary Cooper - Prof. Bertram Potts

“We can't win the old ball game unless we have teamwork. And that's where every John Doe comes in. It's up to him to get together with his teammate. And your teammate, my friends, is the guy next door to you.”

Gary Cooper - John Doe

“- Trampas: You're liable to talk yourself into a heap of trouble, my friend.
- The Virginian: Since when was I your friend, Trampas?”
Walter Huston - Trampas
Gary Cooper - The Virginian

“In Westerns you were permitted to kiss your horse but never your girl.”
Gary Cooper

“I don't know much about mutinies, but I do know it isn't good form to plan them at the top of your voice.”

Gary Cooper - Beau Geste

“People here are funny. They work so hard at living they forget how to live.”
Gary Cooper - Longfellow Deeds

“I figured them guns were killing hundreds, maybe thousands, and there weren't nothing anybody could do, but to stop them guns. And that's what I done.”

Gary Cooper - Alvin C. York

“Just because I want to give this money to people who need it, they think I'm crazy.”
Gary Cooper - Longfellow Deeds

“- John Geste: Well, isn't anybody going to say a word?
- Beau Geste: You young pup, we're both so disgusted with you we're speechless.
- John Geste: I'm no worse than either of you.”
Ray Milland - John Geste
Gary Cooper - Beau Geste

“We've been in there dodging left hooks since before history began to walk. In our struggle for freedom, we've hit the canvas many a time, but we always bounced back because we're the people and we're tough.”

Gary Cooper - John Doe

“All the arguing in the world can't change the decision of the umpire.”
Gary Cooper - Lou Gehrig

“Luck or no luck, when your time comes, you're going to get it.”
Gary Cooper - Cadet White