James Cagney Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by James Cagney:

Perhaps people, and kids especially, are spoiled today, because all the kids today have cars, it seems. When I was young you were lucky to have a bike.
~James Cagney


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You know, the period of World War I and the Roaring Twenties were really just about the same as today. You worked, and you made a living if you could, and you tired to make the best of things. For an actor or a dancer, it was no different then than today. It was a struggle.
~James Cagney


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My father was totally Irish, and so I went to Ireland once. I found it to be very much like New York, for it was a beautiful country, and both the women and men were good-looking.
~James Cagney


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You dirty, double-crossing rat.
~James Cagney


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/james-cagney-quotes/#595edc48

I got a part as a chorus girl in a show called Every Sailor and I had fun doing it. Mother didn't really approve of it, through.
~James Cagney


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/james-cagney-quotes/#1ff399a1

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