If you're going to do something, make it right and make it as good as you can. Don't waste anybody's time, especially your own.
This is not Johnson's war. This is America's war. If I drop dead tomorrow, this war will still be with you.
We believe, that is, you and I, that education is not an expense. We believe it is an investment.
To sustain an environment suitable for man, we must fight on a thousand battlegrounds. Despite all of our wealth and knowledge, we cannot create a redwood forest, a wild river, or a gleaming seashore.
I'm a powerful S. O. B. , you know that?
Doing what's right isn't the problem. It is knowing what's right.
Our objective in South Vietnam has never been the annihilation of the enemy. It has been to bring about a recognition in Hanoi that its objective - taking over the South by force - could not be achieved.
I am always trying to 'preserve' things by getting other people to read what I have written, and feel what I felt.
I've realized, you know, having turned 40, that rest is just as important as work. In fact, it's equally as important.
The filming of Shakespeare is always problematic, because he hates posing for the camera
Comedy, sometimes if you think about it too much then it becomes a bit boring. If you start thinking about striking the right balance sometimes it takes the spontaneity out of it.