Sterling Hayden Quotes

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  • Deterrence is the art of producing, in the mind of the enemy, the fear to attack.

    Art   Mind   Enemy  
  • There's is not enough money in Hollywood to lure me into making another picture with Joan Crawford. And I like money.

    Hollywood   Enough   Lure  
  • The years thunder by, The dreams of youth grow dim where they lie caked in dust on the shelves of patience. Before we know it, the tomb is sealed.

    Dream   Lying   Dust  
    Sterling Hayden (2015). “Wanderer”, p.43, Pickle Partners Publishing
  • Somehow it is the male's duty to put the best years of his life into work he doesn't like in order that he may "retire" and enjoy himself as soon as he is too old to do so. This is more than just the system - it is the credo. It is the same thing that prompted Thoreau to say, in 1839: 'The majority of men lead lives of quiet desperation.'

    Men   Order   Years  
    Sterling Hayden (2015). “Wanderer”, p.44, Pickle Partners Publishing
  • A sailing ship is no democracy; you don't caucus a crew as to where you'll go anymore than you inquire when they'd like to shorten sail.

    Sterling Hayden (2015). “Wanderer”, p.67, Pickle Partners Publishing
  • There's nothing wrong with being an actor, if that's what a man wants. But there's everything wrong with achieving an exalted status simply because one photographs well and is able to handle dialogue".

    Men   Actors   Want  
    Sterling Hayden (2015). “Wanderer”, p.43, Pickle Partners Publishing
  • Wind is to us what money is to life on shore.

    Sterling Hayden (2015). “Wanderer”, p.80, Pickle Partners Publishing
  • What does a man need - really need? A few pounds of food each day, heat and shelter, six feet to lie down in - and some form of working activity that will yield a sense of accomplishment. That's all - in the material sense, and we know it. But we are brainwashed by our economic system until we end up in a tomb beneath a pyramid of time payments, mortgages, preposterous gadgetry, playthings that divert our attention from the sheer idiocy of the charade. The years thunder by.

    Lying   Years   Pyramids  
    "Wanderer". Book by Sterling Hayden, 1963.
  • I've always wanted to sail to the South Seas, but I can't afford it. What these men can't afford is not to go. They are enmeshed in the cancerous discipline of security. And in the worship of security we fling our lives beneath the wheels of routine — and before we know it our lives are gone.

    Men   Sea   Discipline  
    Sterling Hayden (2015). “Wanderer”, p.42, Pickle Partners Publishing
  • To be truly challenging, a voyage, like a life, must rest on a firm foundation of financial unrest. Otherwise, you are doomed to a routine traverse, the kind known to yachtsmen who play with their boats at sea 'cruising' it is called. Voyaging belongs to seamen, and to the wanderers of the world who cannot, or will not, fit in. If you are contemplating a voyage and you have the means, abandon the venture until your fortunes change. Only then will you know what the sea is all about.

    Mean   Sea   Play  
    Sterling Hayden (2015). “Wanderer”, p.42, Pickle Partners Publishing
  • To be truly challenging, a voyage, like a life, must rest on a firm foundation of financial unrest.

    Sterling Hayden (2015). “Wanderer”, p.42, Pickle Partners Publishing
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Sterling Hayden

  • Born: March 26, 1916
  • Died: May 23, 1986
  • Occupation: Actor