The things a man has to have are hope and confidence in himself against odds... And he must be ready to choose death before dishonor without making too much song and dance about it.

Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.

Honey, we all got to go sometime, reason or no reason. Dying's as natural as living. The man who's too afraid to die is too afraid to live.

I never laugh until I've had my coffee.

I am intrigued by glamorous women ... A vain woman is continually taking out a compact to repair her makeup. A glamorous woman knows she doesn't need to.

When it's over it's over. No questions, no tears, no farewell kisses.

It is an extra dividend when you like the girl you've fallen in love with.

The only reason they come to see me is that I know that life is great - and they know I know it.

Hell, if I'd jumped on all the dames I'm supposed to have jumped on, I'd have had no time to go fishing.

I'm just a lucky slob from Ohio who happened to be in the right place at the right time.

I'm no actor and I never have been. What people see on the screen is me.

If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.

Success is built on what you are able to see and create with your mind.

Science is learning to control everything but man.

Federal Officer: "The arms piled on the ground were not worth 10 cents a ton.

I guess in my own egotistical way I like to create my own library of Batman books that doesn't run contrary to a single thing that has been published before, but it also stands on its own.

No matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.

When people ask me how is it I was a musician, I facetiously say that I'm a firm believer in reincarnation and in a previous life I was Johann Sebastian Bach's guide dog.

The quality of our thoughts is bordered on all sides by our facility with language.

Houston is undoubtedly my showcase city. I saved all my best buildings for Houston.

It is fatal to be appreciated in one's own time.