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Film Quotes by Barbara Stanwyck

124 quotes
All I Desire
Year: 1953

Director:
Douglas Sirk
Naomi Murdoch: We're a big disappointment to each other, aren't we? You've got a mother with no principles; I've got a daughter with no guts.
-- Barbara Stanwyck (as Naomi Murdoch) in All I Desire (1953)
All I Desire
Year: 1953

Director:
Douglas Sirk
Naomi Murdoch: You don't know how unimportant success is until you've had it.
-- Barbara Stanwyck (as Naomi Murdoch) in All I Desire (1953)
There's Always Tomorrow
Year: 1956

Director:
Douglas Sirk
Norma Miller Vale: I guess that's the hardest job to learn in the whole world... how to give love and expect nothing in return.
There's Always Tomorrow
Year: 1956

Director:
Douglas Sirk
Norma Miller Vale: I never knew how to give love - only to take it.
There's Always Tomorrow
Year: 1956

Director:
Douglas Sirk
Norma Miller Vale: Love is a very reckless thing. Maybe it isn't even a good thing. When you're young and in love, nothing matters except your own satisfaction. The tragic thing about growing older is that you can't be quite as reckless anymore.
To Please a Lady
Year: 1950

Director:
Clarence Brown
Regina Forbes: [after a spontaneous kiss] What was that for?
Mike Brannan: I just wanted to do it.
Regina Forbes: You're some kind of guy!
-- Barbara Stanwyck (as Regina Forbes) in To Please a Lady (1950)
To Please a Lady
Year: 1950

Director:
Clarence Brown
Regina Forbes: It's like the Fourth of July and the heavyweight fight and the World Series all rolled into one.
-- Barbara Stanwyck (as Regina Forbes) in To Please a Lady (1950)
The Woman in Red
Year: 1935

Director:
Robert Florey
Shelby Barret Wyatt: Well, this *is* a surprise! That's a pretty old line, but it seems to fit.
-- Barbara Stanwyck (as Shelby Barret Wyatt) in The Woman in Red (1935)
Stella Dallas
Year: 1937

Director:
King Vidor
Stella Martin 'Stell' Dallas: I've always been known to have a stack of style!
-- Barbara Stanwyck (as Stella Martin 'Stell' Dallas) in Stella Dallas (1937)
The Furies
Year: 1950

Director:
Anthony Mann
Vance Jeffords: I don't think I like being in love. It puts a bit in my mouth.
-- Barbara Stanwyck (as Vance Jeffords) in The Furies (1950)