I am one day going to be working openly in the motion picture industry. When that day comes, I swear to you that I will never sign a term contract with any major studio. - Dalton Trumbo
Privately, I believe in none of them. Neither do you. Publicly, I believe in them all. - Dalton Trumbo
The chief internal enemies of any state are those public officials who betray the trust imposed upon them by the people. - Dalton Trumbo
The only interesting thing that can happen in a Swiss bedroom is suffocation by feather mattress. - Dalton Trumbo
Dishonesty in government is the business of every citizen. It is not enough to do your own job. There's no particular virtue in that. Democracy isn't a gift. It's a responsibility. - Dalton Trumbo
The only kind of love worth having is the kind that goes on living and laughing and fighting and loving. - Dalton Trumbo
Leaders should lead as far as they can and then vanish. Their ashes should not choke the fire they have lit. - H. G. Wells
I remember when I did the pilot, and I though no network is going to want to do this. How could that happen? A half Chinese guy walking the old west that doesn't fire one gun and never gets on a horse? - David Carradine
My theory on housework is, if the item doesn't multiply, smell, catch fire, or block the refrigerator door, let it be. No one else cares. Why should you? - Erma Bombeck
You're an old-timer if you can remember when setting the world on fire was a figure of speech. - Franklin P. Jones
It is easy enough to be moral after a good dinner beside a snug coal fire, and with our hearts well warmed with fine old port. - Henry Mayhew