Wilford Brimley Quotes & Sayings

“I resent the fact that people in places like Boston, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco believe that they should be able to tell us how to live our lives, operate our businesses, and what to do with the land that we love and cherish.”

“I didn't go to acting school, but I've been observing my fellow man for 66 years now, and I would think that's the best school there is.”

“I'm not anybody's judge; I don't know what motivates people to do what they do. But I have a lot of admiration for anybody who can start with absolutely nothing and make a little something out of it.”

“I live on a ranch in Utah for now, but I'm gonna move. I've got another ranch to move to, but its location is a secret. When I get there, I'm gonna plow the road in behind me.”

“I didn't go to high school. I think that after you learn to read and write and do your numbers and flush the toilet behind yourself, you don't need no more schoolin'. You need to get out in the water and swim.”

“No, that's poker. To win, you've gotta get damned lucky.”

“I've already got my rent paid, and it's too late in my life for me to go around talking up stuff that I don't like or believe in.”

“My saddle horses are my friends. My dogs are my friends.”

“Well, we all are what we are, I guess you might say by an accident of birth.”

“The place was built on the premise that people want to gamble, and they may as well do it here. They look after their clientele, and, hell, they treat me like I'm one of their family.”