King Kong Quotes

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• 1. Carl Denham: Oh, no, it wasn't the airplanes. It was Beauty killed the Beast.
  – Submitted by Dutch E (2 months ago)
• 1. Carl Denham: Fay's a size four.
  2. Preston: Yes, she is, but she's doing a picture with RKO.
  3. Carl Denham: Cooper, huh? I might've known.
  – Submitted by Francis L (10 months ago)
• 1. Carl Denham: Bring the tripod and all of the film.
  2. Herbert: Want to switch to the six-inch lens?
  3. Carl Denham: [considering Kong, who only he has seen] The wide-angle will do just fine.
  – Submitted by Francis L (10 months ago)
• 1. Lumpy the Cook: [seeing a footprint that Kong has left] There's only one creature capable of leaving a footprint that size. The Abominable Snowman.
  – Submitted by Francis L (10 months ago)
• 1. Hayes: We could not understand because we were too far and could not remember because we were traveling in the night of first ages, of those ages that are gone, leaving hardly a sign - and no memories. We are accustomed to look upon the shackled form of a conquered monster, but there - there you could look at a thing monstrous and free.
  – Submitted by ethan t (10 months ago)
• 1. Carl Denham: I keep telling you, Jack, there's no money in theater. That's why you should stick with film.
  2. Jack Driscoll: No Carl, it's not about the money. I love theater.
  3. Carl Denham: No you don't. If you really loved it, you would've jumped.
  – Submitted by Sean M (11 months ago)
• 1. Carl Denham: I'm real good at crappin' the crappers.
  – Submitted by Michael D (15 months ago)
• 1. Carl Denham: And lo, the beast looked upon the face of beauty, and beauty stayed his hand. And from that day forward, he was as one dead.
  – Submitted by Saket A (22 months ago)
• 1. Carl Denham: It was beauty killed the Beast.
  – Submitted by Shehzad J (23 months ago)
• 1. Ann Darrow: Good things never last Mr. Denham.
  – Submitted by Chris P (2 years ago)
• 1. Hayes: We could not understand because we were too far and could not remember because we were traveling in the night of first ages, of those ages that are gone, leaving hardly a sign - and no memories. We are accustomed to look upon the shackled form of a conquered monster, but there - there you could look at a thing monstrous and free.
  – Submitted by Chris P (2 years ago)