I would rather have played a character like Opie than Little Ricky.

Lucy took care of me on the set, and made sure that none of the crew cussed around me. She also had birthday parties for me and made sure that they were well attended.

George Reeves was really Superman in my eyes. For him to come on the set and be there was a treat for me.

I liked Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer, and that is the kind of character that I would like to have played. That would have been more in tune with who I really was.

Dad bought me a toy drum one Christmas and I eventually destroyed it. I wanted a real drum and he bought me a snare drum. Dad continued to buy me one drum after the other.

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My talent for playing the drums was a gift from God.

Dad bought me a toy drum one Christmas, and I eventually destroyed it. I wanted a real drum and he bought me a snare drum. Dad continued to buy me one drum after the other.

How despicable is that humanity, which can be contented to pity, where it might assuage!

The simpleness, the sweetness, and the constancy of the tender mercies of the Lord will do much to fortify and protect us in the troubled times in which we do now and will yet live.

You must do as your people do. If my people are poor, I must be poor. People ask me, 'Why don't you find a personal coach or a private car?' I can't. Then I won't be part of my people.

I think all married couples tend to run things by each other in every capacity and we're not different to them.

Good ideas come from everywhere. It's more important to recognize a good idea than to author it.

No matter how good or bad you have it, wake up each day thankful for your life. Someone somewhere else is desperately fighting for theirs.

Most of the times that I think about my relationship to Judaism, I not only accuse myself of a shallowness, but I feel certain that there's a shallowness there. That's not a bad thing, really.

Boy, I'm just quietly doing my thing, and I hope they'll look around and get my record out.

No witchcraft, no enemy action had silenced the rebirth of new life in this stricken world. The people had done it themselves.

We are astonished at thought, but sensation is equally wonderful.