If there were no valleys of sadness and death, we could never really appreciate the sunshine of happiness on the mountain top.
When I die, just skin me out and put me up on old Trigger and I`ll be happy.
(in 1982) Another thing that burns me up is that California voted in capital punishment and they haven`t electrocuted anyone yet.
(in 1982, when asked about Republic Pictures owner Herbert J. Yates, his boss for many years) I don`t want to talk about Yates. Let`s just say he wasn`t very flexible.
(in 1982) Not long after Will Rogers died, they turned his ranch into a museum. And it didn`t have anything in it. So I made up my mind I was gonna keep everything.
People are always asking me why they don`t make Westerns like they used to.
You couldn`t beg, borrow, or steal a job in 1931, 1932... it was really tough.
Today they`re making pictures that I wouldn`t want Trigger to see.
The world changed. Hollywood changed. I think we`ve lost something, and we don`t know how to get it back.
Until we meet again, may the good Lord take a liking to you.
We were so far back in the woods, they almost had to pipe in sunlight.
I`m an introvert at heart... And show business - even though I`ve loved it so much - has always been hard for me.
I did pretty good for a guy who never finished high school and used to yodel at square dances.
I was raised on a little farm about 12 miles out of Portsmouth, Ohio.
The station put us on staff at $35 a week... and I mean every week.
What`s a butterfly garden without butterflies?