When the War ended in 1945, I started selling vacuum cleaners door to door. Then I sold insurance door to door. I even tried selling cars.

End your day with a smile, a happy thought, and a grateful heart.

Well, The Dirty Dozen was like a vacation.

That tv box has a tremendous capacity to reach people.

Without chiropractic care, I couldn't have existed with my work as a TV and film actor.

I seldom ever missed a Gary Cooper picture if I could manage to see it.

Because I had worked the river boats some summers, pushing as far as New Orleans, I joined the Merchant Marine.

As a youngster I worked the river boats going down the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers, pushing barges to Chicago, then all the way down to New Orleans.

I think you always have regrets.

Another thing I recall was falling in love with Shirley Temple when I was nine or ten.

I paid, got up, walkedto the door, openedit.I heard the mansay, "that guy'snuts."out on the street Iwalked northfeelingcuriouslyhonored.

Anyone with great ambition, great vision, and great passion can be a great person.

It is hieroglyphic that will last, not stone heads. The future belongs to the word, not the image.(The mason Mutsose, in Achet-Aten).

You see yourself as if old and wise.I see you really miss your childhood.

I hate to travel with stuff.

I suffer mornings most of all I feel so powerless and small By ten o'clock I'm back in bed Fighting the jury in my head

I'm not Martin Luther King. I can't be Martin Luther King. The only thing I can do is present what I feel the essence of Martin Luther King is.

Don't judge a book by its cover 'til you've read the book.

Novels do take charge of the writer, and the writer is basically a kind of sheepdog just trying to keep things on track.

Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms.