I always end up being the evil one, and I wouldn't hurt a fly.

I'd come out of the army after five years as a medic. I was a medical administrator and we ran hospitals, and I was a Captain in the army at the end, in 1945.

The big secret in acting is listening to people.

When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk.

If you work for a living, why do you kill yourself working?

Having the critics praise you is like having the hangman say you've got a pretty neck.

Well, I've maybe gotten 200 requests for interviews about Marilyn, and I just decided I'm gonna do my own.

I don't act to live. I live to act.

I've learned that life is very tricky business: Each person needs to find what they want to do in life and not be dissuaded when people question them.

Recipe? Recipe? We don' need no stinkin' recipe.

But Clint I love, because Clint was my mentor. I knew nothing about making an Italian movie.

We have become a nation of biblical illiterates.

Set goals to create a clear sense of purpose and direction.

The most political thing you can do is be yourself

Great questions make great reporting.

Never forget that turning a blind eye to oppression and watching from the sidelines is itself opression

Now this principle of induction cannot be a purely logical truth like a tautology or an analytic statement. . . .

(His) sadness grew; it became a rock inside him, pulling him down. He carried the sadness everywhere, morning, noon, and night. It hurt to breathe.

Do what you're passionate about.

If it is your duty to croak like the toad, then go ahead! And with all your might! Make them hear you!

I get to kind of pretend I'm going to play baseball. I get to work out and do all the stuff that was part of baseball. I just don't get to play.