Play the gayest tunes in your books, play them loud and keep on playing them, and never mind if a bullet goes through a trombone, or even a trombonist, now and then.

If I owned Texas and Hell, I'd rent out Texas and live in Hell.

I have never in my life taken a command into battle and had the slightest desire to come out alive unless I won.

Always make your opponent think you know more than you really know.

The only good Indians I ever saw were dead.

I don't care a damn for their guns, or you either, sir! What I want is the Southside Railroad!

You will succeed at the sacred time.

For myself I hold no preferences among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous. Bricks to all greenhouses! Black thumb and cutworm to the potted plant!

The greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.

For 50 years my father worked for the railroad.

I'm working as hard as I can to get back to Packer Nation.

You have to make your choice and live with your choice.

The female body is a masterpiece. Everyone likes to look at the female body, especially in dynamic, athletic sport.

Never, ever, ever think that your life is over, but know always that each day, each hour, each moment is another beginning, another opportunity, another chance to re-create yourself anew.

I don't listen to the national anthem ironically. It's a beautiful song. I love it!

I think it's good to have a nice, healthy group of people all doing different things. A lot of my friends don't even work in Hollywood; they just happen to live in L.A.