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

- 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.

- Sterling Hayden

Wind is to us what money is to life on shore.

- Sterling Hayden

I've always wanted to sail to the South Seas, but I can't afford it. What these men can't afford is not to go. They are enmeshed in the cancerous dis…

- Sterling Hayden

To be truly challenging, a voyage, like a life, must rest on a firm foundation of financial unrest.

- 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

What does a man 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…

- 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 o…

- Sterling Hayden

Somehow it is the male's duty to put the best years of his life into work he doesn't like in order that he may "retire" and enjoy himself as soon as …

- Sterling Hayden