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DisputedCommonly credited to Cary Grant; the attribution does not hold up.
“I made a lot of mistakes out of loneliness. Consequently, I know a great deal about it.”
On the attribution
Circulated only in quotation compilations, with no interview, memoir, or article attached. None of the standard biographies records him saying it in this form.
On the same subject.
“Judy, Judy, Judy.”
Cary Grant · 1939
“It is the law of life that if you are kind to someone you feel happy. If you are cruel you are unhappy. And if you hurt someone, you will be hurt back.”
Cary Grant · 1964
“I never dwell on past mistakes… There is too much to plan for the future to waste time complaining.”
Cary Grant · 1964
“Elsie Mendl was a great friend of mine for many, many years. And I remember the creed by which she lived: Never complain, never explain.”
Cary Grant · 1964