Paul Newman

I'd like to be remembered as a guy who tried his best with the talent he had.

The sport of racing is 90% driver and 10% car, but the alliances you form are everything.

You gotta be careful with success; it can make you lazy.

Love is the hardest thing in the world to write about.

I'm a businessman because I have to be, but I'd rather be racing.

Failure is no big deal; it's getting up that counts.

Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.

The older I get, the more I listen to the elders.

Acting isn't waiting around and seeing what happens; it's making it happen.

Charity is a fine thing, but it's the giving without expectation that matters.

I never made the same mistake twice; I made it five or six times.

Life is too short to be anything but kind.

In racing, as in life, you learn more from your losses than your wins.

The best way to keep your job is to do it better than anyone else.

Fame is fleeting; character is forever.

I don't think I'll ever feel satisfied; there's always more to learn.

Politics is show business for ugly people.

My life has been a series of happy accidents.

Directing is like watching a circus from the center ring; everything's chaos.

The secret to a long marriage is separate bathrooms.