"For me, it's not about building bulk in my muscles; it's about staying tiny, strong, and lean."

“I have family obligations and all that stuff. I get my kids six weeks in the summer, which is a real intense period of time. I'm with them every minute of the day”

“Most leaders are indispensable, but to produce a major social change, many ordinary people must also be involved.”

“There is no economic problem and, in a sense, there never has been.”

“She looked at his young face, so full of concern and tenderness; and she remembered why she had run away from everyone else and sought solitude here. She yearned to kiss him, and she saw the answering longing in his eyes. Every fiber of her body told her to throw herself into his arms, but she knew what she had to do. She wanted to say, I love you like a thunderstorm, like a lion, like a helpless rage; but instead she said: "I think I'm going to marry Alfred.”

“The studio scene in California is sort of ridiculous anyway.”

“A sailing ship is no democracy; you don't caucus a crew as to where you'll go anymore than you inquire when they'd like to shorten sail.”

Source : Sterling Hayden (2015). “Wanderer”, p.67, Pickle Partners Publishing

“I always like to have an atlas just so that I can find things out. It's always good to have an almanac; those sort of things.”

“Only a fool takes offense at the truth, Jessamine. They are awful, of that there is no question. But they are also very charming. Purveyors of unspeakable suffering and indescribable delights. Performers of murders and miracles! You might grow to like them, if you got to know them as I do. But why has your beloved Crabgrass ventured into this garden of horrors, I wonder?”