Earl Hamner, Jr. Quotes

Without courage, honor, compassion, pity, love and sacrifice, as William Faulkner pointed out, we know not of love, but lust. We debase our audience. But we can ennoble and enrich our viewers and ourselves in our journey through this good time, this precious time, this great and wonderful experience we call life.

A man, well, he'll walk right into Hell with both eyes open. But even the devil can't fool a dog.

If you are a good writer - and I think I am - you are able to handle any kind of group and imagine their lives.

A mountain has no need for people, but people do need mountains. We go to them for their beauty, for the exhilaration of standing closer to mysterious skies, for the feeling of triumph that comes from having labored to reach a summit.