I've read hundreds of cookbooks. Most of those cookbooks don't even tell you how to get a steak ready, how to bake biscuits or an apple pie.

I'm too drunk to taste this chicken

One has to remember that every failure can be a stepping stone to something better.

I've only had two rules. Do all you can and do it the best you can. It's the only way you ever get that feeling of accomplishing something.

I just say the moral out of my life is don't quit at age 65, maybe your boat hasn't come in yet. Mine hadn't.

There's no reason to be the richest man in the cemetery. You can't do any business from there.

The hard way builds solidly a foundation of confidence that cannot be swept away

My life isn't over and I'm not going to sit in a rocking chair and take money from the government.

No hours, nor amount of labor, nor amount of money would deter me from giving the best that there was in me.

There's something inside of me that makes me want to help people, especially people who are having difficulty of some kind.

I think a dream is just a suggestion to start something out, do something.

Kindness in looks and words and ways is true politeness, and any one can have it if they only try to treat other people as they like to be treated themselves.

To the romantic soul, the rituals of Valentine's Day echo every day of the year.

Tolerance and freedom of thought are the veritable antidotes to religious fanaticism.

Resisting a beautiful chocolate cake or a wonderful foie gras is as difficult as (the idea of) saying no to Paul Newman.

I like having a beard. My beard changes my face shape and allows me to see in it family members who I love and can't see otherwise.

When either a man or a woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazarite, to separate himself to the Lord, he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink.

There was a perfection to the moment that made Sienna think: Yes, this is it. This is who we're meant to be together.

So many cowboys....so little rope.

Everyone I've worked with on any film will say I'm the hardest worker.

There is a history in all men's lives.