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Film Quotes by Barbara Stanwyck

124 quotes
Baby Face
Year: 1933

Director:
Alfred E. Green
Lily Powers: Oh, not here. Somebody might...
-- Barbara Stanwyck (as Lily Powers) in Baby Face (1933)
Baby Face
Year: 1933

Director:
Alfred E. Green
Lily Powers: What could I do? He's my boss and I have to earn my own living.
-- Barbara Stanwyck (as Lily Powers) in Baby Face (1933)
Baby Face
Year: 1933

Director:
Alfred E. Green
Lily Powers: Yeah, I'm a tramp, and who's to balme? My Father. A swell start you gave me. Ever since I was fourteen, what's it been? Nothing but men! Dirty rotten men! And you're lower than any of them. I'll hate you as long as I live!
-- Barbara Stanwyck (as Lily Powers) in Baby Face (1933)
Night Nurse
Year: 1931

Director:
William A. Wellman
Lora Hart: [into the phone] Operator! Operator! Operator!
[Nick hangs up the phone and knocks her unconcious]
-- Barbara Stanwyck (as Lora Hart) in Night Nurse (1931)
Night Nurse
Year: 1931

Director:
William A. Wellman
Lora Hart: [to Dr. Bell] Oh, ethics... ethics... ethics! That's all I've heard. Isn't there any ethics about letting poor little babies be murdered?
-- Barbara Stanwyck (as Lora Hart) in Night Nurse (1931)
The Man with a Cloak
Year: 1951

Director:
Fletcher Markle
Lorna Bounty: It is difficult for anyone to speak when you listen only to yourself.
-- Barbara Stanwyck (as Lorna Bounty) in The Man with a Cloak (1951)
Golden Boy
Year: 1939

Director:
Rouben Mamoulian
Lorna Moon: I'll make him fight.
Tom Moody: [with anger] How?
Lorna Moon: How? Oh, leave it to me Tom.
[pause]
Lorna Moon: I'm a dame from Newark, and I know a dozen ways.
-- Barbara Stanwyck (as Lorna Moon) in Golden Boy (1939)
Clash by Night
Year: 1952

Director:
Fritz Lang
Mae Doyle D'Amato: Home is where you come when you run out of places.
-- Barbara Stanwyck (as Mae Doyle D'Amato) in Clash by Night (1952)
Clash by Night
Year: 1952

Director:
Fritz Lang
Mae Doyle D'Amato: I'm tired of looking after men, I want to be looked after...
Peggy: Is that what you want from a man?
Mae Doyle D'Amato: Confidence! I want a man to give me confidence, somebody to fight off the blizzards and the floods, somebody to beat off the world when it tries to swallow you up. Huh, me and my ideas.
-- Barbara Stanwyck (as Mae Doyle D'Amato) in Clash by Night (1952)
Roustabout
Year: 1964

Director:
John Rich
Maggie: What do you do when you're not riding your bike?
-- Barbara Stanwyck (as Maggie Morgan) in Roustabout (1964)