Sterling Hayden Quotes & Sayings

There's is not enough money in Hollywood to lure me into making another picture with Joan Crawford. And I like money. — Sterling Hayden

Deterrence is the art of producing, in the mind of the enemy, the fear to attack. — Sterling Hayden

The years thunder by.
The dreams of youth grow dim
where they lie
caked in dust on the shelves of patience.
Before we know it, the tomb is sealed.
Where, then lies the answer?
In choice.
Which shall it be:
Bankruptcy of Purse
or Bankruptcy of Life? — Sterling Hayden

Wind to a sailor is what money is to life on shore. — Sterling Hayden

In the worship of security we fling ourselves beneath the wheels of routine-and before we know it our lives are gone. — Sterling Hayden

What does a person need - really need? A few pounds of food each day, heat and shelter, six feet to lie down in - and some form of working activity that will yield a sense of accomplishment. That's all - in the material sense. And we know it. But we are brainwashed by our economic system until we end up in a tomb beneath a pyramid of time payments, mortgages, preposterous gadgetry, playthings that divert our attention from the sheer idiocy of the charade. The years thunder by. — Sterling Hayden

Wind is to us what money is to life on shore. — Sterling Hayden

I don't think I'll have to kill her. Just slap that pretty face into hamburger meat, that's all. — Sterling Hayden

The dreams of youth grow dim where they lie caked with dust on the shelves of patience. Before we know it, the tomb is sealed. — Sterling Hayden

There's nothing wrong with being an actor, if that's what a man wants. But there's everything wrong with achieving an exalted status simply because one photographs well and is able to handle dialogue. — Sterling Hayden

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. — Sterling Hayden