I was never one to patiently pick up broken fragments and glue them together again and tell myself that the mended whole was as go...od as new. What is broken is broken--and I'd rather remember it as it was at its best than mend it and see the broken places as long as I lived.... I wish I could care what you do or where you go, but I can't. My dear, I don't give a damn.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I don't give a hoot in a hollow if there's oranges and grapes a-crowdin' us out of bed, I ain't goin' to California! This is my co...untry and I belong here. This is my dirt. It's no good, but it's mine.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
All this stuff you heard about America not wanting to fight, wanting to stay out of the war, is a lot of horse dung. Americans, tr...aditionally, love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle.... Americans play to win all the time. I wouldn't give a hoot in hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost--and will never lose--a war, because the very thought of losing is hateful to Americans.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
One of the things I've discovered in general about raising kids is that they really don't give a damn if you walked five miles to ...school. They want to deal with what's happening now.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Spig Wead: I've been thinking what a heel I've been about you and about my own kids. I don't know, when I do something, I go all t...he way. Living. Gambling. Flying. I tap myself out. I guess that's the way I want it to be. Maybe even the way I am. Minne Wead: Star-spangled Spig. Damn the martinis, full speed ahead and don't give up the ship.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Nobody dast blame this man.... For a salesman, there is no rock bottom to the life. He don't put a bolt to a nut, he don't tell yo...u the law or give you medicine. He's a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine. And when they start not smiling back--that's an earthquake. And then you get yourself a couple of spots on your hat, and you're finished. Nobody dast blame this man. A salesman is got to dream, boy. It comes with the territory.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Some things in life are bad They can really make you mad... Other things just make you swear and curse When you're chewing on life's gristle Don't grumble, give a whistle And this'll help turn things out for the best ... And ... always look on the bright side of life.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »