Lorne Greene
The woman who rules her roost is one of two things: she's illogical, therefore spoiling her children, or she's an iron-fisted disciplinarian, adopting the attitude that rightfully belongs to the man and losing the precious softness that is her birthright.Collection: Attitude
We used our brains to create and program them, and now we have to continue to use our brains to prevent computers from taking over our lives.Collection: Computers
The only way we can reduce the number of these endangered species is to improve and provide additional habitat where they can live and reproduce.
Wildlife photography takes a long time because you have to wait for things to happen.
Learn about life and when fate takes you by the hand, go. Do it. Dare to do.
One world government has to happen.
I played a loving but stern figure of authority and it seems the kids who write me want that kind of a parent instead of one who is a 'pal' to them.
I finally got help after a tennis match with my wife. I couldn't hear her across the net. She finally smashed her racket against a rock. That got my attention. I didn't know I was going deaf, I thought people were talking too softly.
I remember going out alone in a canoe. Somebody told me to lie in the bottom of the canoe and just drift. It was a small lake and I was perfectly safe. So I did that, and I drifted. It was quiet and peaceful. Suddenly, I heard a loon cry the first time I ever heard that marvelous sound.
Do I drink in public? Certainly I drink in public! Ben Cartwright wouldn't, but I do.
The father-son relationship is the strongest there is. It's been the basis of drama all the way back to the Bible. Notice, Abraham wasn't told to sacrifice a daughter.
A detective story is just the premise for conflict, as a Western is.
When I was 16, I discovered wildlife. My father took me to a place called Algonquin Park in Northern Ontario - it has some 1,600 lakes.
My little girl was born in Los Angeles, and my wife was born in Bethlehem, Pa.
Yes, 'Bonanza' has made me very comfortable. I have a big four-level contemporary house in West Los Angeles and a modest summer home in East Marion, LI.
I think the hearing loss started with 'Bonanza.' Sometimes the director would put us in a box canyon and have us fire our guns. The sound would really reverberate in a box canyon. It took me a long time to realize what was coming on me.
Star Wars' was derivative of 'Buck Rogers' and 'Flash Gordon,' wasn't it?
I was dragged kicking and screaming into a high-school play then discovered it was fun!
I find that the harder I work, the younger I feel.
I feel energetic when I'm working.
I left Canada in 1953 because I could find nothing very satisfying about delivering commercial pitches on camera. I felt the whole atmosphere of TV in Canada was listless.
I don't know whether I could ever match my father as a person, but as an actor I try to be like him.
I believe in reasoned debate.
I've never gotten into a heated argument with people. Heat diffuses reason.
The Cartwrights happen to be a family that other families want to be like.
We have such a marvelous interplay between Canada and the United States.
I lived with my 'Bonanza' family for 14 years. On 'Battlestar,' we jumped right in and got to know each other later. That's just the way television is.
My daughter has a couple of those small calculators, but she never uses them. I think they're fine if you need to double-check your figures, but people really shouldn't let them replace basic math skills.
In 'Battlestar' I'm the military and spiritual leader as well as a father. As a military commander I can treat Apollo only as I treat everyone else. At certain times, Adama has to be the commander and give the necessary orders, no matter how much it may pain him to do so.
People talk about the energy crisis, but the worst future crisis may be in food.
I think we will have terrorism in the United States as it has been in the Middle East and in Europe.
My wife, Nancy, and I like to meet new people, renew old friendships and accept new challenges. At home we like to have small dinner parties. Sundays we have buffet brunches.
If I look forward to a day when I'm just going to play tennis, I'm kinda sad.
I think one of the worst things to ever happen to American man is that he was told he was going to retire at age 65.
I've been interested and concerned with wildlife for a heck of a long time.
I'm vice chairman of the American Wild Horse Protection Association and honorary chairman of the Wildlife Federation.
Acting has been my profession for more than 40 years and I can't retire.
Of great importance to my outlook on life is the opportunuty I get to meet people on various appearances. I suppose I could devote every weekend to appearances and i do try to make as many as I can.
Getting old doesn't frighten me. But I've got to take care of myself.
I don't believe in retiring. Your mind stops working then.
Competition sparks excellency.
My very first major job in the United States was a heavy.
I played Big Brother in a Studio One presentation of '1984,' and that should have marked me as a villain to American producers. But I went straight from that to placing a saint - St, Peter in 'The Silver Chalice,' which may have been one of the worst movies ever made.
In 'Galactica' I play a good guy again. But the truth of the matter is that I enjoy playing heavies more.
There's a million and one things an actor can do with a villain. He can go for all kinds of quirks and tricks. The hero is much harder to define for an actor. When you play a straight role or a hero, you're kind of stuck, It's much more difficult to give a good guy interesting qualities or to make him unusual.
When my father and I were off in the woods or off fishing, we were communicating all the time. We didn't catch many fish and my father was a pretty good fisherman but he just like to take one or two fish and then we would make camp and broil those fish and eat them.
I wanted to do a wildlife series. I kept remembering those days in Algonquin Park, drifting along in the bottom of a canoe, and I wanted to transfer that feeling to the viewers.
I make the 'New Wilderness' for the drama. I want people to sit on the edge of their chairs. I want them to laugh, smile, cry.
The world is not the prettiest place in this planetary universe.
If your cat's up a tree, you call the fire department. If someone's hurt, you call the fire department. If there's a mudslide or your house is on fire, you call the fire department. They're our first line of defense.