Robert Duvall Quotes, Thoughts and images

Everybody likes to win.

Not every successful man is a good father. But every good father is a successful man.

Never use the money to measure wealth, son.

We either accept weaknesses in good people or we have to tear pages out of the Bible.

When I knew nothing, I thought I could do anything.

The one you fight with the most is always the one who’s most like you.

If you piss your pants, you can only stay warm for so long.

I take a vitamin every day; it's called a steak.

There's no right or wrong just truthful or untruthful.

Listening to critics is like letting Muhammad Ali decide which astronaut goes to the moon.

To this day, I still think Lonesome Dove is my best part.

I love the smell of juice boxes in the morning.

Being a star is an agent's dream, not an actor's.

The beginning and the end of the tango are the walk.

There was nothing wrong with shouting at God.

I hope I left behind a legacy that people will enjoy. But whatever they want to say, I can't predict.

If you don't have heroes in the beginning, you don't grow.

There's a lot of ignorance in our business... Everybody's an authority. To have your own vision is rewarding.

We all have a cradle-to-the-grave journey to make and, in between, what do you do? There's got to be something hereafter.

One thing I like about Argentina, they only cook with salt; that's it.

Hollywood is still the mecca for good or bad, but it isn't the beginning or end for filmmaking.

From the cradle to the grave, I always figure that we all have our individual journeys, and maybe my journey was a positive one and I accomplished certain things without stepping on too many toes.

A young actor once asked me, What do you do between jobs? I said, Hobbies, hobbies, and more hobbies.

Spending two years on my uncle's ranch in Montana as a young man gave me the wisdom and the thrust to do westerns.

Around my own friends, I like to mess around.

You have a little bit of feeling for everyone you play.

I'm a man without a corporation.

My uncle always said that I could have been a rancher.

What drives me is I love my profession. I love to do it.

When you dance tango fast, you have to think slow.

I love working in Texas anywhere.

I always thought of myself as a later bloomer, so I like some of my work more later than earlier.

Look, Hollywood's a mecca, but it's not the final answer. If you pick up a camera anyplace in the world, you can make a movie.

When I'm at home in Virginia, I become more hermit-like. I like my own home.

Very often some of the religious miracle plays you see on television can be very corny, I find. And so simplistic.

There's no smoking section in heaven.

Seeing your name on the list for KP or guard duty when you're in the Army is like reading a bad review.

Way, way, way back I played a little bit, but I am definitely not a golfer. You know, it just takes too much time anyway during the course of the day.