I had as well be killed running as die standing
It's hard to have a relationship in this business. . . it's gonna take a very special woman. . . or a bunch of average ones.
I was told when I grew up I could be anything I wanted: a fireman, a policeman, a doctor - even President, it seemed. And for the first time in the history of mankind, something new, called an astronaut. But like so many kids brought up on a steady diet of Westerns, I always wanted to be the avenging cowboy hero - that lone voice in the wilderness, fighting corruption and evil wherever I found it, and standing for freedom, truth and justice. And in my heart of hearts I still track the remnants of that dream wherever I go, in my endless ride into the setting sun.
They proved that if you quit smoking, it will prolong your life. What they haven't proved is that a prolonged life is a good thing. I haven't seen the stats on that yet.
I don't care if you're obscene, filthy, horrendous -- as long as you're honest.
Laughter makes the bitter swallowing of truth, for some, a little easier.
England, where no one has guns: 14 deaths. United States. . . 23,000 deaths from handguns. But - there's no connection.
One of my favorite stories is my first kissing scene with Linda Gray.
T. S. Eliot's influence was enormous on my generation. Much more than Ezra Pound. I actually had to put T. S. Eliot books out of the house because my poetry was so influenced. Everything I wrote sounded like Eliot.
Remember that there are hundreds of thousands of things you can eat that are not cheese.
Bodies are cleansed by water; the mind is purified by truth.