I'm a great believer in luck and the extraordinary role that plays in all of our lives..

A rebel is a nonconformist who is constantly saying no, and I'm not that. I'm a conformist and I believe in progress, and you can't make much progres….

How many honest men do you know? Take the sinners away from the saints, you're lucky to end up with Abraham Lincoln..

Twenty-five years ago I couldn`t walk down the street without being recognized. Now I can put a cap on, walk anywhere and no one pays me any attentio….

I would like it if people would think that beyond Newman, there's a spirit that takes action, a heart, and a talent that doesn't come from my blue ey….

You got to have two things to win. You got to have brains and you got to have balls. Now you've got too much of one and not enough of the other..

So I've worked really hard, because nothing ever came easily to me..

It happens to everybody, horses, dogs, men. Nobody gets out of life alive..

If I ever feel like I’m doing something I’ve done before, I scrap it and start over again..

Dreams without movement are delusions, escapes, kid’s play. You have to put your feet into your dreams if they’re ever going to be reality. The dream….

Building weapons that we don't need, don't work, and aren't necessary, and have no mission — that's not bad politics, that's robbery..

It's really important to be attentive to the people who have less - who are less fortunate than you are..

I changed my life today. What did you do?.

A man can only be judged by his actions, and not by his good intentions or his beliefs..

Watching something is nothing like doing it..

The embarrassing thing is that my salad dressing is out-grossing my films..

To that extent that you can sustain and maintain that childlike part of your personality is probably the best part of acting..

The accusation is always on the first page, and the retraction on page 19..

I cannot bear to look at a film that I made before 1990. Maybe 1985. There's no sense even trying to explain it. I really just can't watch myself. I ….

Those with a moral deficit put on a good show, and sleep like a baby..

When the idea came up, (Newman's Own) I said, "Are you crazy? Stick my face on the label of salad dressing?" And then, of course, we got the whole id….