James Stewart Quotations

We are all athletes and have to deal with injuries. I've had to ride with broken bones and stuff, but I have to give Chad props because he kept going.

She didn't know who told anybody to do any of that.

Maybe we are already seeing strong sterling impacting on the sector.

One time they traded me for seven horses. Seven stunt horses.

I was going to be an architect. I graduated with a degree in architecture and I had a scholarship to go back to Princeton and get my Masters in architecture. I'd done theatricals in college, but I'd done them because it was fun.

I was saying to myself, 'Down goes Frazier!'

I'd like to just win out, and I feel that I can do that.

I am really bummed that I have not been able to race since the Unadilla crash. I am sorry to disappoint the fans, Kawasaki, and my sponsors. There's a week off after Washougal so I should be 100% by Spring Creek and look forward to a strong ride there.

I am sorry that I crashed that way and the race ended. It was a good clean race, and we have one more stop in Anaheim, so that will be my next chance to get a win in front of these fans.

I always watch Dean Martin's show... just to see if he falls down.

I love all kinds of racing. Eventually it would be cool to be the first to do this, or the first to do that. But right now I'm having fun where I'm at, and there's no reason for me to leave. Who knows what might happen?

I felt like I threw the race away tonight. The front end just topped over on me, but I came back and did the best I could.

What you are seeing is an improved equity market, a deteriorating bond market and the currency under control. The government is very aware that it mustn't loose this advantageous combination.

Just to look at it, most people, even other law enforcement agencies, would not have noticed that particular patch had been expired,

I think we will see a rebound in the economy partly because of this substantial easing that we've seen from the Fed, but I think it will be delayed. I think we are likely to see clear evidence of this emerging towards the end of the fourth quarter this year and a rebound well under way in the first quarter next year.

I was just trying to win out there tonight. Next week we go to my home state of Florida, and I love racing at Daytona. I hope I can get a win there.

My mother approved, my father just didn't accept the idea of my being an actor. I think that's the reason he kept the hardware store in operation, because I think he was pretty sure that I was going to be found out sooner or later, and he wanted to have a job for me to come back to.

William Wyler has always been famous for taking a lot of takes. There is this story that he did this scene with a bunch of very competent people, a very important scene in the movie, and he'd already done it thirty times. One of them came to Willie and said, 'I want to know what we're doing wrong. What do you want us to do?' And Willie said, 'No, you're doing it fine. I'm just waiting for something to happen'.

We had an apartment on west side of Central Park. The rent was very reasonable. We found out later that it belonged to a gangster called Legs Diamond and it was a front to his headquarters. It was fine.

Tiger is very popular and golf is a more popular sport than our sport, so naturally he's going to be bigger than me. To me, I kind of would like to be known as the first James Stewart. We're in two different sports so I'm not sure about any comparisons.

Winning is all I can try to do now. Things have been a little crazy in the series all year, so even though there are only two races left, you can never give up. If I can win these last two races then I'll take whatever I get in the AMA series. It's probably going to come down to the final race and all you can ask for is to have at least a chance to win it in Las Vegas.

Film itself is very technical, and I think you need this period when things are a little out of control for it to work right.

This was the time of training, when you were learning your craft, and I don't think that you can work too hard at that particular time.

We tend to avoid that and keep our attorney population steady.

We size our summer class to anticipate our needs, hoping all of them get offers and all of them accept.

I wanted that race to go down to the final lap. It was such a good battle that it's a shame that it ended the way it did. I saw a lapped rider down in the turn and just lost concentration for a split second. That corner was slick and I washed out my front wheel and I was on the ground before I knew it. It's a tough series and things like that are going to happen. Fortunately I didn't lose too much ground in the points and I'll go to San Francisco hoping to come back strong.

After the awards, I didn't win, my father called me up and told me that the man from Johnstown had put all kinds of signs in the theatre saying, 'This year's Academy Award winner... ' because my father had said I was going to win. And I didn't. But this guy asked if it would be alright if he took the Oscar and put it in the lobby and put a sign saying, 'This is what it would look like if he had won'.

There was nobody like him, and he'll be hard to replace. I've lost a wonderful friend. The world has lost a tremendous contribution to the art of film and to millions and millions of people.

The best part was working with people I wouldn't normally have spoken to.

Not all of us were working at the same time, but enough of us... Hank Fonda knew how to cook rice. We lived pretty much on a rice diet.

The U.S. is the world's engine of growth and when that splutters we should all be worried,

The U.S. is going to take a long time to turn around -- but Europe will take a lot longer.

I'm going to give it all I've got every weekend. All I can do is keep trying to win races. Anything can happen in the championship, you only need to look at the St. Louis race to see that.

I'm running my own races now and having fun winning. I just want to keep winning races, that's my goal right now and I'm not thinking that much about the points. If I can keep this streak alive then maybe at some point I'll have a shot.

I'm happy with where we are coming into Anaheim. Everyone else has a lot of race experience on the four-strokes and I've just got two races on the bike. I'm still learning and getting more comfortable with it. I've had to change my riding style a bit, but I plan on training harder than ever to get ready for Anaheim and the rest of the season.

Investors will be looking for clues for interest rate cuts. A U.K. rate cut is expected in February, the European Central Bank is most likely to cut rates sometime at the end of the first quarter, start of the second quarter.

If I had my career over again? Maybe I'd say to myself, speed it up a little.

He called me up saying, 'What's all this I hear about you making a dirty picture?'

All I can do is my best. If I win the Vegas race and the world title I can't really ask for anything else.

The euro can be a serious problem for the U.S. but there is little the European Central Bank can do; it's already raised rates aggressively, ... The euro could gently descend to 80 cents.

The implication of that for the euro zone as a whole is that there will be increased pressure on the European Central Bank to cut rates after it returns from its August summer break.

A half (percentage) point cut will offer some comfort to the European markets, ... A quarter is not helpful.

And in my opinion we had a true coalition of forces.

The first few laps I was in my own world and was thinking, 'I just wanted to finish. I made a few mistakes, but I think it was just more the track than me making mistakes.

All the senators were there, and Frank Capra was in a box with his wife with the vice president and his wife, and several other senators. They, as the picture started going, became very quiet. After the picture had been going for three quarters of an hour, the film broke. Frank didn't know where the projection room was exactly, and he found himself outside the building, crawling up a ladder.

And for close-range projectors and domestic use, brightness is not so much of a problem.

The markets have factored in weaker results in the first half of the year,

The markets are expected to be subdued ahead of a raft of data from the U.K. and U.S.,

My dogs have never been good at things like "sit," "stay," or even "come." I think that we've given the tourists a few laughs, especially when the dogs hit the end of their leashes hard enough to drag Gloria down the street.

Well, I think one of the main things that you have to think about when acting in the movies is to try not to make the acting show.

I always stayed for the first curtain call and people always said, 'Who's that?' But this got me started in acting.

I always told Hitch that it would have been better to put seats around the set and sell tickets.

I sort of got into Westerns... It was a sort of desperation move, really. I had several pictures that didn't go very well, and I just realised that I would have to try something else.

I'd like to do Harvey again. I did it two years ago with Helen Hayes in New York. It was a joy. I was so glad to do it again because I never thought I did it right the first time.

If a western is a good western, it gives you a sense of that world and some of the qualities those men had; their comradeship, loyalty, and physical courage.

The difference between "trained OK" and "trained perfectly" doesn't really matter all that much to me. I once did a film with Lassie. When that dog got excited he jumped all over Rudd Weatherwax [Lassie's trainer]. Now that's the smartest dog in the world. If the world's best-trained dog can jump around to show he's happy then my dogs should be allowed to do the same.

When it came to kissing, Harlow was the best.

It was amazing that a play that seems dated in this world... A man whose best friend is a six-foot white rabbit... But it caught on, especially with young people - they surprised me most of all.

I don't need other people. I don't need help. I can take care of me.

We all look the same with our helmets on.

I have developed a deep respect for animals. I consider them fellow living creatures with certain rights that should not be violated any more than those of humans.

Mr. Hitchcock did not say actors are cattle. He said they should be treated like cattle.

It's much easier, for example, to play a heroin addict and you're withdrawing - you tear the ceiling off - that's much easier than it is to come in and say, 'Hello.' Or, 'I love you'. When you judge it in that way, the heavy isn't as difficult.

It’s well done if you can do a part and not have the acting show.

After age 70, it's patch, patch, patch.

The great thing about the movies ... is-you're giving people little ... tiny pieces of time ... that they never forget.

The truth is that it's just really hard for me to get to sleep without a dog in my bedroom. I once had a dog named Beau. He used to sleep in the corner of the bedroom. Some nights, though, he would sneak onto the bed and lie right between Gloria and me. I know that I should have pushed him off the bed, but I didn't. He was up there because he wanted me to pat his head, so that's what I would do.

The problem of evil is raised more often by spectators of life than the actual combatants. You will hardly ever find that the great sufferers are the great skeptics.

To the man who prays habitually (not only when he feels like it-that is one of the snares of religion-but also when he does not feel like it) Christ is sure to make Himself real.

You know, people seldom go to the trouble of scratching the surface of things to find the inner truth.

I wouldn't give you two cents for all your fancy rules if, behind them, they didn't have a little bit of plain, ordinary, everyday kindness and a little looking out for the other fella too.

Frank called me one day and said, 'I have an idea for a movie, why don't you come over and I'll tell you?' So I went over and we sat down and he said, 'This picture starts in heaven'. That shook me.

Champagne's funny stuff. I'm used to whiskey. Whiskey is a slap on the back, and champagne's a heavy mist before my eyes.

I lasted one night. They said my playing spoiled people's appetites.

You must be oh-so smart, or oh-so pleasant. For years I was smart. I recommend pleasant...and you may quote me.

I have my own rules and adhere to them. The rule is simple but inflexible. A James Stewart picture must have two vital ingredients. It will be clean and it will involve the triumph of the underdog over the bully.

Animals give me more pleasure through the viewfinder of a camera than they ever did in the crosshairs of a gunsight.

It may sound corny, but what's wrong with wanting to fight for your country. Why are people reluctant to use the word patriotism?

It is the spectators, the people who are outside, looking at the tragedy, from whose ranks the skeptics come; it is not those who are actually in the arena and who know suffering from the inside. Indeed, the fact is that it is the world's greatest sufferers who have produced the most shining examples of unconquerable faith.

You have to develop a style that suits you and pursue it, not just develop a bag of tricks. Always be yourself.

Learn from the masters, learn from your contemporaries. Always try to update yourself.

Having friends around for a pleasant evening is one of life's most cherished joys as far as I am concerned. But when those with me are fellow believers, how much greater that joy is, for we know that it's rekindled, one day in eternity.

I think one day youll find that youre the hero youve been looking for.

Fear is an insidious and deadly thing. It can warp judgment, freeze reflexes, breed mistakes. Worse, it's contagious.

The true Christian reaction to suffering and sorrow is not the attitude of self-pity, fatalism or resentment; it is the spirit which takes life's difficulties as a God given opportunity, and regards its troubles as a sacred trust, and wears the thorns as a crown.

Never treat your audience as customers, always as partners.