“My father had a couple of kids at the beginning of the Depression. There was not much employment. Not much welfare. People barely got by. People were tougher then.”

There’s nothing like a nice piece of hickory.

You have to be realistic about where you are in life and enjoy it.

Take your work seriously, but don’t take yourself seriously

Most people are afraid of change, but if you look at it as something you can always count on, then it can be a comfort.

I tried being reasonable, I didn’t like it.

Ever notice how you come across somebody once in a while you shouldn’t have messed with? That’s me.

I never look back and think too much about my films. I’ve done some work I’ve been proud of over the years but which of them is my favourite I really don’t know. I could say the last one. I’ve had little jumps in my career like Unforgiven possibly.

People have lost their sense of humor. In former times, we constantly made jokes about different races.

Keep your eyes on the horizon and your nose to the wind.

There was a stool there, and some fella kept asking me if I wanted to sit down. When I saw the stool sitting there, it gave me the idea. I’ll just put the stool out there and I’ll talk to Mr Obama and ask him why he didn’t keep all of the promises he made to everybody.

Let’s not go and ruin it by thinking too much.

I have a very strict gun control policy: if there’s a gun around, I want to be in control of it.

I’m a firm believer in research, but I’m also a firm believer in utilizing the instincts that are within your soul or in your body or in your stomach, wherever they reside.

I just think it is important that you realize, that you’re the best in the world. Whether you are a Democrat or Republican or whether you’re libertarian or whatever, you are the best. And we should not ever forget that. And when somebody does not do the job, we got to let them go.

What Trump is onto is, he’s just saying what’s on his mind. And sometimes it’s not so good. And sometimes it’s. I mean, I can understand where he’s coming from, but I don’t always agree with it.

My old drama coach used to say, ‘Don’t just do something, stand there.’ Gary Cooper wasn’t afraid to do nothing.

Helping begins with listening.

Eventually you’ll take the phrases and rhythm patterns you’ve copped and begin to put your own mark on them.

Every stage of education begins with childhood. That is why the most educated person on earth so much resembles a child.

To begin your commitment to new perceptions, start by paying attention to attack thoughts toward yourself and others.

At the very beginning of my creative life I loved humanity. I wanted to do something good for mankind. Soon I understood that it isn’t possible to save mankind.

It is a common mistake in going to war to begin at the wrong end, to act first, and wait for disasters to discuss the matter.

Reading something from beginning to end. That is reading with love.

From the moment fear begins I have ceased to fear.