James Dean Quotes

How can you measure acting in inches?

I can't let in the light. It will destroy my performance like light destroys the film.

You're tearing me apart!

I want to be a Texan 24 hours a day.

There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all impaled on the crook of conditioning.

Racing is the only time I feel whole.

I also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is endowed.

What better way to die? It's fast and clean and you go out in a blaze of glory!

An actual right is something that governments need merely to secure, not to implement.

An hour or two of learning from the masters is usually enough to recharge my artistic batteries.

I have fairly adequate knowledge of Satanic forces.

The only greatness for man is immortality.

Take it easy driving– the life you save may be mine.

Being a good actor isn't easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I'm done.

I wouldn't like me if I had to be around me.

I'm not going to go through life with one arm tied behind my back.

I don't have to explain anything to anybody.

Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse.

My purpose in life does not include a hankering to charm society.

The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.

Remember: Life is short, break the rules

Only the gentle are ever really strong.

I think the prime reason for existence, for living in this world is discovery.

Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.