James Garner Rockford Quotes & Sayings

We stood there, the three of us, our jaws firmly planted on the floor. Aunt Lil recovered first. She nudged me with her elbow and said with a cackle of delight, I think you guys should make some more of those brownies, 'cause that boy looks hungry. — Darynda Jones

He awoke at six, as usual. He needed no alarm clock. He was already comprehensively alarmed. — Martin Amis

For the past couple of years I was doing the party thing - going out a lot. But now I've turned 25, I feel I'm an adult. — Paris Hilton

In bowling and in life, if a person made the spares, the strikes would take care of themselves. — Stephen King

Instead of focusing on the work, you focus on the entropy and the chaos and you get a byproduct. — Ben Chestnut

Conan stared at the hand holding the pendant. The grim god of his Cimmerian northcountry, Crom, Lord of the Mound, gave a man only life and will. What he did with them, or failed to do, was up to him alone. Life and will. — Robert Jordan

The characters I've played, especially Bret Maverick and Jim Rockford, almost never use a gun, and they always try to use their wits instead of their fists. — James Garner

The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze. — Livy

Dysfunctional families have sired a number of pretty good actors. — Gene Hackman

Letting go is the hardest part ... but you have to look at it through their eyes and realize the pain you caused them is that same pain you feel now. — Deborah Reber

You can only know what you know. Belief is not the same as knowledge. Belief is an assumption of knowledge despite a lack of evidence. — Todd Lockwood

The notion that boys are unable to control themselves is a scary message. If men can't control themselves, they must be dangerous. This negative perception is a heavy burden for young women. Young men may also learn to doubt whether they really can control their sexual feelings. In this way, well-intentioned teachers and leaders remove from these young men the responsibility that is rightfully theirs. Modesty — Laura M. Brotherson

Famous for his 'Maverick' Western series in the 1950s and 'The Rockford Files' in the '70s, and in movies like 'The Great Escape' and 'Grand Prix' in between, James Garner played amiable, independent characters for more than a half-century and never lost his comforting, enduring appeal. — Richard Corliss