Wilford Brimley Quotes

• I love watching a good horse do what he's bred to do - I guess that's what I like the most about it. And I love to see good athletes do what they're bred to do.

  Wilford Brimley

  Horse, Athlete, Good Athlete

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• I'm not anybody's judge; I don't know what motivates people to do what they do. But I have a lot of admiration for anybody who can start with absolutely nothing and make a little something out of it.

  Wilford Brimley

  Judging, People, Littles

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• I resent the fact that people in places like Boston, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco believe that they should be able to tell us how to live our lives, operate our businesses, and what to do with the land that we love and cherish.

  Wilford Brimley

  New York, Believe, Boston

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• Hopefully, generations after us will continue to protect, preserve, and look after this wonderful land.

  Wilford Brimley

  Land, Generations, Looks

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• Well, we all are what we are, I guess you might say by an accident of birth.

  Wilford Brimley

  Might, Birth, Wells

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• I live on a ranch in Utah for now, but I'm gonna move. I've got another ranch to move to, but its location is a secret. When I get there, I'm gonna plow the road in behind me.

  Wilford Brimley

  Moving, Utah, Secret

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• I'm very proud of my heritage.

  Wilford Brimley

  Heritage, Proud

  "Now It's J.J. Abrams' Turn to 'Trek'". Interview with Danielle Berrin, jewishjournal.com. May 6, 2009.

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• I've already got my rent paid, and it's too late in my life for me to go around talking up stuff that I don't like or believe in.

  Wilford Brimley

  Believe, Talking, Too Late

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• I didn't go to acting school, but I've been observing my fellow man for 66 years now, and I would think that's the best school there is.

  Wilford Brimley

  School, Men, Thinking

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• My saddle horses are my friends. My dogs are my friends.

  Wilford Brimley

  Dog, Horse, Saddles

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• Everybody that's an actor leaves it for a while 'cause they ain't got a job.

  Wilford Brimley

  Jobs, Actors, Causes

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• I've always played cards. I can't remember when there wasn't a gambling game going on somewhere, even if it was a craps game in a wheelbarrow on the backside of the racetrack.

  Wilford Brimley

  Gambling, Games, Cards

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• I raise quarter horses. Mine are mostly thoroughbred cross horses, a little bigger horses than some people like. I sell them or use them on the ranch. A lot of them go to the rodeo arena and some of them go to racetracks.

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  Horse, People, Use

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• The place was built on the premise that people want to gamble, and they may as well do it here. They look after their clientele, and, hell, they treat me like I'm one of their family.

  Wilford Brimley

  People, May, Want

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• I've got about $30,000 in chips, not near enough.

  Wilford Brimley

  Enough, Chips

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• I'm a widower with three sons and seven grandchildren. One of my sons is my partner on the ranch.

  Wilford Brimley

  Son, Grandchildren, Three

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• I rope steers in team roping events. There's a header and a heeler on a roping team, and I'm the heeler.

  Wilford Brimley

  Team, High Heels, Events

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