God... God...dear Father in heaven, I'm not a praying man, but if you're up there and you can hear me, show me the way. I'm at the end of my rope. Show me the way, God...

All you can take with you is that which you've given away.

I want to do something big, something important.

I know what I'm gonna do tomorrow, and the next day and the next year, and the year after that.

Merry Christmas, movie house! Merry Christmas, Emporium! Merry Christmas, you wonderful old Building and Loan!

Do you know what the three most exciting sounds in the world are? Anchor chains, airplane motors and train whistles.

Having the experience of senior guys around you just makes things easier as they all contribute ideas and set the standards for the group.

Keep those that influence you for the better close and never give them a reason to keep you far away.

Talking about unpleasant things during a meal is not good for digestion, not good for health.

To all the living there is hope for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

Women don't have halos built in.

It's murder to doubt yourself in life. It took until I was 45 to get to that point. As hard as it is in your work, it's harder in your life. But it can be done.

People who do not accept the new, grow old very quickly.

I'd be a fool to surrender, when I know I can be a contender. And if everyone's a contender, then everyone could be a winner.

Shedding the carapace we have been building so assiduously on the surface, we must by definition give up exactly what we thought was necessary to protect us from further harm.

In every age there are plenty of people around to remind you what you cannot possibly do. Thank goodness, for these naysayers provide a priceless service: They spur...us to achieve great things.

But for us to assume that God could not act in other ways is, I think, to put God in an awfully small box.