I've got too many of my friends that retired and went home and got on a rocking chair, and about a year and a half later, I'm always going to the cemetery.

With bombs and fires, you get only one mistake.

I’ve done made a deal with the devil.

I've traveled all over the world, but I don't think there is any place better than Texas.

Retire? I don't know what that word means. As long as a man is able to work and he's productive out there and he feels good - keep at it.

It scares you: all the noise, the rattling, the shaking. But the look on everybody's face when you're finished and packing, it's the best smile in the world; and there's nobody hurt, and the well's under control.

The only thing more expensive than hiring a professional, is hiring an amateur.