I have developed a deep respect for animals. I consider them fellow living creatures with certain rights that should not be violated any more than those of humans.

The true Christian reaction to suffering and sorrow is not the attitude of self-pity, fatalism or resentment; it is the spirit which takes life's difficulties as a God given opportunity, and regards its troubles as a sacred trust, and wears the thorns as a crown.

You know, people seldom go to the trouble of scratching the surface of things to find the inner truth.

It may sound corny, but what's wrong with wanting to fight for your country. Why are people reluctant to use the word patriotism?

After age 70, it's patch, patch, patch.

I wouldn't give you two cents for all your fancy rules if, behind them, they didn't have a little bit of plain, ordinary, everyday kindness and a little looking out for the other fella, too.

I always stayed for the first curtain call and people always said, 'Who's that?' But this got me started in acting.