Cat On A Hot Tin Roof Quotes by Tennessee Williams, Paul Newman, Elizabeth Taylor, Margo Martindale, Michael Biehn, Burl Ives and many others.
Like a cat on a hot tin roof.
People like to do what they used to do after they’ve stopped being able to do it.
Just another four-letter word.
Oh you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace. What you need is someone to take hold of you
Liquor is one way out an’ death’s the other.
Oh, you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace. What you need is someone to take hold of you–gently, with love, and hand your life back to you, like something gold you let go of–and I can! I’m determined to do it–and nothing’s more determined than a cat on a tin roof–is there?
I’ve got the guts to die. What I want to know is, have you got the guts to live?
Don’t look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes you’ll know you’re dead.
I’m not living with you. We occupy the same cage. (Maggie)
Time goes by so fast. Nothin’ can outrun it. Death commences too early–almost before you’re half-acquainted with life–you meet the other.
Maggie the cat is alive. I’m alive.
What is the victory of a cat on a hot tin roof? – I wish I knew… Just staying on it, I guess, as long as she can.
Switch clicking off in my head, turning the hot light off and the cool night on and — [He looks up, smiling sadly.] — all of a sudden there’s—peace!
The human animal is a beast that dies but the fact that he’s dying don’t give him pity for others.
I played Big Mama in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof when I was 20 years old at the University of Michigan.
Mendacity is a system that we live in,” declares Brick. “Liquor is one way out an’death’s the other.
You can be young without money but you can’t be old without it.
