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Charlton Heston quotes: I'm not a vegetarian but I want you to know that my four dogs are safe.

I'm not a vegetarian but I want you to know that my four dogs are safe.

Charlton Heston quotes: You cut their money back, for one thing ... I go back a long way with the NEA.

You cut their money back, for one thing ... I go back a long way with the NEA.

Charlton Heston quotes: Maybe it's good if God gives you something to think about every so often.

Maybe it's good if God gives you something to think about every so often.

Charlton Heston quotes: A policemans job is only easy in a police state.

A policemans job is only easy in a police state.

Charlton Heston quotes: I used to think if it wasn't possible to be a family man and a totally dedicated artist, I'd rather be the former. I'm an idealist and a romantic.

I used to think if it wasn't possible to be a family man and a totally dedicated artist, I'd rather be the former. I'm an idealist and a romantic.

Charlton Heston quotes: Dirty Harry, for example. Clint Eastwood was not a rogue cop. He was a maverick cop, but he was a good guy.

Dirty Harry, for example. Clint Eastwood was not a rogue cop. He was a maverick cop, but he was a good guy.

Charlton Heston quotes: Any gun in the hands of a bad man is a bad thing. Any gun in the hands of a decent person is no threat to anybody - except bad

Any gun in the hands of a bad man is a bad thing. Any gun in the hands of a decent person is no threat to anybody - except bad people.

Charlton Heston quotes: I'm neither giving up nor giving in.

I'm neither giving up nor giving in.

Charlton Heston quotes: It's been quite a ride. I loved every minute of it.

It's been quite a ride. I loved every minute of it.

Charlton Heston quotes: To the divisive forces that would take freedom away, I want to tell you something: You can have my gun. You can pry it from my cold dead hands!

To the divisive forces that would take freedom away, I want to tell you something: You can have my gun. You can pry it from my cold dead hands!

Charlton Heston quotes: To the world, you are America.

To the world, you are America.

Charlton Heston quotes: I have played some of the great men in history and I believe in the great man who does heroic deeds, even in these egalitarian times.

I have played some of the great men in history and I believe in the great man who does heroic deeds, even in these egalitarian times.

Charlton Heston quotes: The minute you feel you have given a faultless performance is the time to get out.

The minute you feel you have given a faultless performance is the time to get out.

Charlton Heston quotes: Sometimes, to be silent is to be most eloquent.

Sometimes, to be silent is to be most eloquent.

Charlton Heston quotes: To be an actor you need four things: energy, concentration, a lot of luck and, of course, good roles.

To be an actor you need four things: energy, concentration, a lot of luck and, of course, good roles.

Charlton Heston quotes: To me Moses is all men grown to gigantic proportions.

To me Moses is all men grown to gigantic proportions.

Charlton Heston quotes: Doing a picture with Willie Wyler is like getting the works at a Turkish bath. You damn near drown, but you come out smelling like a rose.

Doing a picture with Willie Wyler is like getting the works at a Turkish bath. You damn near drown, but you come out smelling like a rose.

Charlton Heston quotes: I think there are probably more closet conservatives in Hollywood than there are closet homosexuals.

I think there are probably more closet conservatives in Hollywood than there are closet homosexuals.

Charlton Heston quotes: Society mends its wounds. And that's invariably true in all the tragedies, in the comedies as well. And certainly in the histories.

Society mends its wounds. And that's invariably true in all the tragedies, in the comedies as well. And certainly in the histories.

Charlton Heston quotes: Political correctness is tyranny with manners.

Political correctness is tyranny with manners.

Charlton Heston quotes: As an artist, I understand that, and I value the creative input of the artist.

As an artist, I understand that, and I value the creative input of the artist.

Charlton Heston quotes: An epic is the easiest kind of picture to make badly.

An epic is the easiest kind of picture to make badly.

Charlton Heston quotes: I think narcotics and alcohol, and even tobacco are enormously costly ingredients in our society.

I think narcotics and alcohol, and even tobacco are enormously costly ingredients in our society.

Charlton Heston quotes: Another plague upon the land, as devastating as the locusts God loosed on the Egyptians, is 'Political Correctness.'

Another plague upon the land, as devastating as the locusts God loosed on the Egyptians, is 'Political Correctness.'

Charlton Heston quotes: One way or another, if you're persistent, fortune always smiles on you.

One way or another, if you're persistent, fortune always smiles on you.

Charlton Heston quotes: You can have my gun when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers.

You can have my gun when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers.

Charlton Heston quotes: I've used too many pistols in too many movies. They're kind of heavy to carry ...

I've used too many pistols in too many movies. They're kind of heavy to carry ...

Charlton Heston quotes: Telling us what to think has evolved into telling us what to say, so telling us what to do can't be far behind.

Telling us what to think has evolved into telling us what to say, so telling us what to do can't be far behind.

Charlton Heston quotes: A war put off is not a war avoided.

A war put off is not a war avoided.

Charlton Heston quotes: I intend to dedicate my remaining time as president of the NRA to ensure that the Second Amendment is safe from Al Gore and all those who threaten it.

I intend to dedicate my remaining time as president of the NRA to ensure that the Second Amendment is safe from Al Gore and all those who threaten it.

Charlton Heston quotes: The Internet is for lonely people. People should live.

The Internet is for lonely people. People should live.

Charlton Heston quotes: You can spend a lifetime, and, if you're honest with yourself, never once was your work perfect.

You can spend a lifetime, and, if you're honest with yourself, never once was your work perfect.

Charlton Heston quotes: I don't seem to fit really into the 20th Century

I don't seem to fit really into the 20th Century

Charlton Heston quotes: For an actor, there is no greater loss than the loss of his audience.

For an actor, there is no greater loss than the loss of his audience.

Charlton Heston quotes: Life is full of surprises, isn't it?

Life is full of surprises, isn't it?

Charlton Heston quotes: I always work on the theory that the audience will believe you best if you believe yourself.

I always work on the theory that the audience will believe you best if you believe yourself.

Charlton Heston quotes: I can't change yesterday, but I can sure mess up today.

I can't change yesterday, but I can sure mess up today.

Charlton Heston quotes: The physical mechanics of sex are pretty funny unless you are engaged in them. Then they are, of course, marvelous.

The physical mechanics of sex are pretty funny unless you are engaged in them. Then they are, of course, marvelous.

Charlton Heston quotes: As an actor, I'm thankful I have lived not one life, but many.

As an actor, I'm thankful I have lived not one life, but many.

Charlton Heston quotes: I didn't change. The Democratic Party slid to the Left from right under me.

I didn't change. The Democratic Party slid to the Left from right under me.

Charlton Heston quotes: The trouble with movies as a business is that it's an art, and the trouble with movies as art is that it's a business.

The trouble with movies as a business is that it's an art, and the trouble with movies as art is that it's a business.

Charlton Heston quotes: Celebrity is a corrosive condition for the soul.

Celebrity is a corrosive condition for the soul.

Charlton Heston quotes: Film is the only art form whose raw materials are so horrendously expensive that the artist cannot afford to buy them for himself.

Film is the only art form whose raw materials are so horrendously expensive that the artist cannot afford to buy them for himself.

Charlton Heston quotes: I've played three presidents, three saints and two geniuses - and that's probably enough for any man.

I've played three presidents, three saints and two geniuses - and that's probably enough for any man.

Charlton Heston quotes: I've come to feel very strongly, not as a joke, that if you appoint a committee of more than four people, their efficiency starts to deteriorate.

I've come to feel very strongly, not as a joke, that if you appoint a committee of more than four people, their efficiency starts to deteriorate.

Charlton Heston quotes: The prime motivation in making almost any film is success, because film is the art form of the 20th century.

The prime motivation in making almost any film is success, because film is the art form of the 20th century.

Charlton Heston quotes: You could think of extraordinary examples to the contrary: The Grapes of Wrath ... and even into the 70s.

You could think of extraordinary examples to the contrary: The Grapes of Wrath ... and even into the 70s.

Charlton Heston quotes: Above all, a director has to be a good captain.

Above all, a director has to be a good captain.

Charlton Heston quotes: I don't think rock music has any positive function.

I don't think rock music has any positive function.

Charlton Heston quotes: I have lived my whole life on the stage and screen before you. I found purpose and meaning in your response.

I have lived my whole life on the stage and screen before you. I found purpose and meaning in your response.