You have to compromise all the way. The only thing that counts is the result.

Ford used to come to work in a big car with two Admiral's flags, on each side of the car. His assistant would be there with his accordion, playing, Hail to the Chief.

Gary Cooper was a good friend. He was a great nature lover. He was like an American Indian, he knew every leaf that was turned over. It was an education to go for a walk with him.

Hoods are good parts because they're always flashy and attract attention. If you've got any ability, you can use that as a stepping stone.

Cheyenne Autumn was received not too successfully. I still think it was a very good movie. It was kinda Ford's apology for the way he had treated Indians in his past pictures.

I think a performer should do his work and then shut up.

I felt pretty comfortable with Westerns, apart from the fact I couldn't ride.

Marilyn was terrible to work with. I was fond of her, she was a nice girl, but she was a damaged girl. She was very difficult. You couldn't get her on the set; she didn't know the words.

There was something about Marilyn. She couldn't act her way out of a bag, but she became an icon because something happened between her and the lens, and no one knows what it is.

Death's a path we're all on, son

I loved Jack Ford. I got him in his later days, and he was a total tyrant and a total autocrat and an Irish drunk. But I had a great time.

Even though I approached girls relentlessly, I wasn't really approachable myself.

Christians should seek the best information available about the earth over which we have been appointed stewards.

All the nations of the earth must learn to live together in peace. Why be prejudiced against anyone because of their race, nationality, or creed? When there's so many real reasons to hate others.

National antipathy is the basest, because the most illiberal and illiterate of all prejudices.

How you feed your mind is every bit as critical to your happiness as how you feed your body.

I don't mean he missed him, but he just didn't get him when he put the tag on him.

I never think of policemen's wives; their beauty maddens me like wine.

I told my cellmates about the oppression of the whites and apartheid. I helped organize hunger strikes and the like in my prison.

All business success rests on something labeled a sale, which at least momentarily weds company and customer.

Ornamental pattern work, to be raised above the contempt of reasonable men, must possess three qualities: beauty, imagination and order.