I've seen so many people in this business that made a fortune. They get old and broke and can't make any money. I tell you something... No one's going to play a benefit for Jimmy Dean.
I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.
God is bigger than people think.
Poverty was the greatest motivating factor in my life.
You gotta try your luck at least once a day, because you could be going around lucky all day and not even know it.
Love is an ice cream sundae, with all the marvelous coverings. Sex is the cherry on top.
Nobody, man or woman, has ever wrecked a good marriage.
I went further on less talent than anyone, but I was a damned good entertainer.
When I was a kid, I used to think, 'Man, if I could ever afford all the ice cream I want to eat, that's as rich as I ever want to be.'
You know you're getting old when you go to more funerals than you do weddings.
Sausage is a great deal like life. You get out of it about what you put into it.
Being a Baptist won't keep you from sinning, but it'll sure as hell keep you from enjoying it.
I loved music since the Seth Ward Baptist Church outside of Plainview.
Do what you say you're going to do. And try to do it a little better than you said you would.
Being a nice guy is detrimental to actors. When I first came to Hollywood, everyone was nice to me. Everyone thought I was a nice guy.
