I've never met a genius. A genius to me is someone who does well at something he hates. Anybody can do well at something he loves - it's just a question of finding the subject.

Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power.

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

  We are like boxers, one never knows how much longer one has.

 

If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster.

 

Men must know their limitations.

There's a lot of great movies that have won the Academy Award, and a lot of great movies that haven't. You just do the best you can.

It takes tremendous discipline to control the influence, the power you have over other people's lives.

Sometimes if you want to see a change for the better, you have to take things into your own hands.

They say marriages are made in Heaven. But so is thunder and lightning.

The less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prejudice.

The less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prejudice.