the forecast for tonight is alcohol, low standards, and poor decisions.

One of my major competitors was Harold Smith. Smith beat me in 1977. I was loafing during that competition.

Nothing is pleasant that is not spiced with variety.

Men, in whatever anxiety they may be, if they are men, sometimes indulge in relaxation.

Vanity makes people ridiculous, pride odious, and ambition terrible.

When people don't want to come, nothing will stop them.

There's a lot of idiots in Hollywood, a lot of people with no imagination, so as an actor you have to constantly re-show them what you can do.

Last night I dreamed I went to hillbilly heaven and you know who greeted me at the gate? The ole cowboy-philosopher himself, Will Rogers.

I didn't quit football because I failed a drug test, I failed a test because I was ready to quite football.

A poet's words are of things that do not exist without the words.

Those who are incapable of shining out by dress would do well to consider that the contrast between them and their clothes turns out much to their disadvantage.