Look, see, learn, become a citizen of Mankind, not just Hannibal, Missouri. That is the message of [Mark] Twain.

I got a feeling about political correctness. I hate it. It causes us to lie silently instead of saying what we think.

Man looks in the abyss, there's nothing staring back at him. At that moment, man finds his character. And that is what keeps him out of the abyss.

I've had a very full career in the theater, on stage, in films and on television.

Death ends a life. But it doesn't end a relationship.

The main thing about money, Bud, is that it makes you do things you don't want to do.

There was so much to learn and it was all fun. But the best part was getting a laugh from an audience. That was like drowning in candy.

I developed a resistance to authority. Not to discipline - I learned that. But to authority. I like to think for myself. And I like to cause trouble.

You can go into Mark Twain's material and prove anything you want. He was against war. He was for war. He was against rich people and he was for them. He was a kaleidoscope

One of the problems with putting Huck Finn into a movie or on the stage is, you always make the white people stupid and racist. The point is, they don't know they're racist.

[Mark] Twain called Congress "the only distinctly native criminal class in America. We've lately sent a United States Senator to the penitentiary." That was a fact.

Love isn't about what you do for me. Love for me is where I see myself in relation to you.

Being all fashioned of the self-same dust. Let us be merciful as well as just.

You make each day a special day. You know how, by just your being you.

Not only was I not the best catcher in the Major Leagues, I wasn't even the best catcher on my street!

I love dogs, but dogs, you have to be in the country with dogs. I cannot walk a dog on the street.

Repetition is the father of learning.

Good characters are rare. As long as I find one or two a year, I'm happy.

My preoccupation has been from the very beginning that I believe that the "Brexit" referendum result is the most disastrous peacetime result that we've seen in Britain.

I would just go in my room and just scream out of anger because I didn't understand how a person could be so vicious and mean.