Top 36 Cary Grant Quotes About Life (HAPPY)

Top 10 Most Famous Cary Grant Quotes (BEST)

My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. In between, I occupy myself as best I can. — My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the **morning** and I go to bed at night. In between, I occupy myself as best I can.

Destiny is not necessarily what we get out of life, but rather, what we give.

I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be until finally I became that person. Or he became me.

Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops.

It is the law of life that if you are kind to someone you feel happy. If you are cruel you are unhappy. — It is the law of **life** that if you are kind to someone you feel **happy**. If you are cruel you are unhappy.

“Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant. Let me expand a bit. I sense that you may feel that I am free of problems. Let me assure you that I have the same anxieties and insecurities as anyone in this auditorium – maybe more.”
Cary Grant

There's no point in being unhappy about growing older. Just think of the millions who have been denied the privilege. — There’s no point in being unhappy about growing older. Just think of the millions who have been denied the privilege.

Simplicity, to me, has always been the essence of good taste. — **Simplicity**, to me, has always been the essence of good taste.

When people tell you how young you look, they are also telling you how old you are.

Probably no greater honor can come to any man than the respect of his colleagues. — Probably no greater **honor** can come to any man than the **respect** of his colleagues.

10 Wise Cary Grant Quotes About Life (WISDOM)

“I am reminded of a piece of advice my father gave me regarding shoes… He said it is better to buy one good pair of shoes than four cheap ones. One pair made of fine leather could outlast four inferior pairs and, if well-cared-for, would continue to proclaim your good judgment and taste no matter how old they become.”
Cary Grant

To succeed with the opposite sex, tell her you're impotent. She can't wait to disprove it. — To **succeed** with the opposite sex, tell her you’re impotent. She can’t wait to disprove it.

Do your job and demand your compensation - but in that order. — Do your job and demand your compensation – but in that order.

I began by acting like the person I wanted to be, and eventually I became that person.

“It’s important to know where you’ve come from so that you can know where you’re going. I probably chose my profession because I was seeking approval, adulation, admiration and affection.”
Cary Grant

A shot of brandy can save your life, but a bottle of brandy can kill you.

All it takes are a few simple outfits. And there's one secret - The Simpler The Better. — All it takes are a few simple outfits. And there’s one secret – The Simpler The Better.

“Nature eventually has her own way, so perhaps the best procedure is to accept what old Mother Nature or God, if you will, dictates. Accept it and you’ll get along better.”
Cary Grant

We should all just smell well and enjoy ourselves more.

My father used to say, 'Let them see you and not the suit. That should be secondary.' — My father used to say, ‘Let them see you and not the suit. That should be secondary.’

6 Cary Grant Quotes on Love

“I was a self-centered bore. I was masochistic, and only thought I was happy. When I woke up and said, ‘there must be something wrong with me’, I grew up. Because I never understood myself, how could I hope to understand anyone else? That’s why I can truly say that now I can give a woman love for the first time in my life, because I can understand her.”
Cary Grant

I think that making love is the best form of exercise. — I think that making **love** is the best form of exercise.

I may not have married for very sound reasons, but money was the least of them. — I may not have **married** for very sound reasons, but **money** was the least of them.

When I’m married, I want to be single, and when I’m single, I want to be married. — When I’m **married**, I want to be single, and when I’m single, I want to be married.

There must be something between us, even if it's only an ocean. — There must be something between us, even if it’s only an ocean.

8 Cary Grant Quotes that Will Make You Think

“There are only seven movie stars in the world whose name alone will induce American bankers to lend money for movie productions, and the only woman on the list is Ingrid Bergman.”
Cary Grant