People are always asking me why they don't make Westerns like they used to.

Until we meet again, may the good Lord take a liking to you.

If there were no valleys of sadness and death, we could never really appreciate the sunshine of happiness on the mountain top.

When you're young and fall off a horse, you may break something. When you're my age and you fall off, you splatter.

Today they're making pictures that I wouldn't want Trigger to see.

I always feel a responsibility to the kids, to be somebody they could look up to.

I did pretty good for a guy who never finished high school and used to yodel at square dances.

When my time comes, just skin me and put me up there on Trigger, just as though nothing had ever changed.

The world changed. Hollywood changed. I think we've lost something, and we don't know how to get it back.

What's a butterfly garden without butterflies?

We were so far back in the woods, they almost had to pipe in sunlight.

Stress does not come from problems. It originates from fear which comes from the anticipation of problems.

Whatever the imagination seizes as Beauty must be truth -whether it existed before or not

Only Certain offered no enticements, for she knew nothing could ease the pain. Not books or photography or food. Not even love.

Starting strong is impressive but ending strong is legendary.

I have lived through many wars and have lost everything many times Yet, life is beautiful, and I have so much to learn and enjoy. I have no space nor time for pessimism and hate.

The main thing is to be philanthropic in your everyday life. You don't have to have money to do that. You can do it with your time and your energy.

Every story you tell is your own story.

If you do things to the limit, and don’t purposely go over that limit, then I think it’s fine to do whatever you want. So long as you enjoy it. That’s what’s important.

There is a major ingredient missing from our perception of how changes are brought about; that ingredient is power.

When my mother makes out her income tax return every year, under occupation she writes, eroding my daughter's self-esteem.