Every country in the world loved the folklore of the West--the music, the dress, the excitement, everything that was associated with the opening of a new territory. It took everybody out of their own little world. The cowboy lasted a hundred years, created more songs and prose and poetry than any other folk figure. The closest thing was the Japanese samurai. Now, I wonder who'll continue it.

My favorite four-letter words are 'hard work'.

A man's got to do what a man's got to do.

Government has no wealth, and when a politician promises to give you something for nothing, he must first confiscate that wealth from you -- either by direct taxes, or by the cruelly indirect tax of inflation.

Sometimes I wonder whose side God's on.

I'd like to know why well-educated idiots keep apologizing for lazy and complaining people who think the world owes them a living.

I'm a greedy old man. Life's been good to me, and I want some more of it.