I stick my neck out for *nobody*!

If a face like Ingrid Bergman's looks at you as though you're adorable, everybody does. You don't have to act very much.

The only way to find the best actor would be to let everybody play Hamlet and let the best man win.

A hot dog at the game beats roast beef at the Ritz.

Acting is like sex: you either do it and don't talk about it, or you talk about it and don't do it. That's why I'm always suspicious of people who talk too much about either.

Making money isn't the main point of business. Money is a by-product.... A new product has been found, something of use to the world. A new industry moves into an undeveloped area. Factories go up, machines go in and you're in business. It's coincidental that people who've never seen a dime now have a dollar and barefooted kids wear shoes and have their faces washed. What's wrong with an urge that gives people libraries, hospitals, baseball diamonds and movies on a Saturday night?

Ugarte: You despise me, don't you? Rick Blaine: If I gave you any thought I probably would.