“Heroing is one of the shortest-lived professions there is.”

“Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on Earth.”

“We can't all be heroes because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by.”

“So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.”

“Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.”

“Lord, the money we do spend on Government and it's not one bit better than the government we got for one-third the money twenty years ago.”

“There’s only one thing that can kill the movies, and that’s education.”