I got a job immediately after leaving high school; I was lucky - three dollars a week and all I could eat, working on a vegetable truck.

You get kicked around long enough, you become a professor of pain.

Everything I do has a moral to it.

I'm what you call a Depression sailor.

It was my mom who told me, "Ernie, if you make even one person happy with your smile or a funny thing you did every day, you'll have accomplished a great deal." And that's all I've ever tried to do.

I don't chart out the life histories of the people I play. If I did, I'd be in trouble. I work with my heart and my head, and naturally emotions follow.

Writers used to make such wonderful pictures without all that swearing, all that cursing. And now it seems that you can't say three words without cursing. And I don't think that's right.

If John Wayne were alive, he’d be rolling over in his grave!

Every time I step in front of a camera I feel young again. I really do. It keeps your mind active and it keeps you going.

It's not your word that matters, it's who you give it too.

Gary Cooper - the greatest listener in the world! And he used to answer in kind, which is wonderful because you don't see that anymore. People don't listen. They really don't.

Focus on making choices to lead your life that aligns with your core values in the most purposeful way possible.

Life is not about achieving success

Man is a piece of the universe made alive.

I need a healthy injection of cynicism right now.

One had better put on gloves before handling the New Testament. The presence of so much filth makes it highly advisable.

No man preaches his sermon well to others if he does not first preach it to his own heart.

I've spent the first part of my life in the shadow of my family. I'm not going to live in the shadow of my husband.

...the most common cause of death among alpha males was ego.

Few if any teenagers can relate to getting up for school and finding famous comics like Pryor and Williams hanging out in your living room after a hard night of partying. But that's Hollywood.

I've had well-paid jobs, but in comparison to what footballers earn, I've not earned serious money.