Andy Griffith Quotes

I'm no saint. I'm no angel. I never proclaimed to be.

I'm direct, I'm unpretentious and I'm pretty dogged, and I hope I've got a capacity to laugh at myself and not take myself too seriously.

I'm a Ford, not a Lincoln. My addresses will never be as eloquent as Mr. Lincoln's. But I will do my very best to equal his brevity and his plain speaking.

A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring truth to form, he is not constantly at work upon the facade of his appearance.

What qualifies me to tell people how to act or what to think? I'm Charley Pride, country singer. Period.

To say I'm the easiest person to live with would be a lie.

I don't try to pretend to be what I'm not. I don't feel I need to do anything outrageous.

I am not sure that I can make the epigrams that you are hunting for. The truth is you have a pretty old horse to run and you’ve got to take me as I am.

I'm just that kid from Akron who knows what he knows.

Americans are generally very self-sufficient and I think generally averse to pretension, just as I am.

I don't know, the word 'famous' just sounds really weird to me, because I'm just me.

I was never the diplomatic diplomat.

I like attractive people who aren't so terribly aware that they are attractive... people who aren't afraid to roll on the floor and make fools out of themselves.

Take events in your life seriously, take work seriously, but don't take yourself seriously, or you'll become affected, pompous and boring.

I don't pretend to be anything but an actor and a writer.

I'm a very open person, very self-deprecating. I accept my flaws.

I don't find myself interesting as a person and the details I find boring, quite frankly. You could sum it up in a few words or sentences really: came from nothing. Self-educated. Luck. Energy. Curiosity. Ambition. That's it. Nothing at all can illuminate the work as far as I can tell.

I'm quite proud of some of the films I've done, but less for the acting than for the fact that they're unpretentious and entertaining. I'm proud of having made unpretentious choices.

Style? I have no style.

Say nothing good of yourself, you will be distrusted; say nothing bad of yourself, you will be taken at your word.

I don't take myself terribly seriously. It's why I can be incredibly honest about my life.

There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth.

I don't want any title. I just say what I say, and hopefully somebody gets it, man. I'm not perfect, and I'm just here and trying to make a dollar, and being real at the same time, you know?

Without feeling abashed by my ignorance, I confess that I am absolutely unable to say. In the absence of an appearance of learning, my answer has at least one merit, that of perfect sincerity.

I did once answer the question 'What would you say on your tombstone?' I know what I would say: 'Mario Cuomo, 1932 - dash,' and, 'He tried.' That's it.