King Kong * Quotes

"It wasn't the airplanes. It was beauty killed the beast."

"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."

Preston: "He was right. There is still some mystery left in this world, and we can all have a piece of it for the price of an admission ticket."
Jack Driscoll: "That's the thing you come to learn about Carl, his undying ability to destroy the things he loves."

Captain Englehorn: "That's the thing about cockroaches. No matter how many times you flushed them down the toilet, they always crawl back up the bowl."
Carl Denham: "Hey buddy, I'm out of the bowl. I'm drying off my wings and trekking across the lid."

"Monsters belong in B movies."

Captain Englehorn: "There's nothing out there!"
Carl Denham: "Then you have nothing to lose..."

Hayes: "When I tell you to run, run."
Jimmy: "I'm not a coward. I ain't gonna run."
Hayes: "It's not about being brave, Jimmy."