George Raft Quotes

#1. George Raft may or may not have gone both ways, but he was very sensitive to what they said about him, and it was one factor why he decided to play all those gangsters in the movies.

Cesar Romero

#2. I'm 5 9, and there were two stars in my life who didn't mind that I was taller than they - George Raft and John Garfield.

Marie Windsor

#3. I can't act. I simply must be myself, do the things that seem natural to me. When I get with a director who wants me to act, I'll be lost.

George Raft

#4. Happiness is hard to recall. Its just a glow.

Frank McCourt

#5. Part of the $10 million I spent on gambling, part on booze and part on women. The rest I spent foolishly.

George Raft

#6. Who ever heard of Casablanca? I don't want to star opposite some unknown Swedish broad.

George Raft

#7. It is a good and safe rule to sojourn in every place as if you meant to spend your life there, never omitting an opportunity of doing a kindness, or speaking a true word, or making a friend.

John Ruskin

#8. If you are not trying to hold on to time, you are not so afraid of losing it.

Suzanne Collins

#9. Shakespeare is a good raft whereon to float securely down the stream of time; fasten yourself to that and your immortality is safe.

George Henry Lewes

#10. Life at the edge of the world, it was felt, could go on forever.

David Amerland

#11. When I was 14 years old, I decided I could cook. It was either that or puberty.

Dom DeLuise

#12. I grew up speaking both languages, and for me that's really important.

Jon Secada

#13. I've always been a follower of silent movies. I see film as a visual medium with a musical accompaniment, and dialogue is a raft that goes on with it.

George Lucas

#14. Part of the loot went for gambling, part for horses, and part for women. The rest I spent foolishly.

George Raft