Raymond Burr Quotes

When I was born, the economy wasn't in a great state; it was the Depression, and my father had to be quick to try and find work.

I'm the type of person who doesn't hope, dream or wish for things. I work and work and work.

My parents were both born and raised in the Depression. They instilled great values about integrity and the importance of hard work, and I've taken that with me to every job.

I didn't know what it was not to work hard as I grew up.

You always believed that as good as you knew you were, there was always somebody who could take your place. I tried to work as hard as I could to make sure that didn't happen.

Work alone is noble.

My answer to a lot of things is to go to work. That's not everybody's answer.

l had a job, and if you had a job in the depression you were rich.

The more my people work, the less vices they will have

I wouldn't be where I am right now, and have the right work ethic and discipline, if it weren't for all the indie films I did. We weren't pampered and were pretty much on our own.

I'm a kid who grew up working hard.

People who are wise, good, smart, skillful, or hardworking don't need politics, they have jobs.

For any child growing up, anything is possible. We were poor growing up and you had to work hard and make it happen for yourself.

It's very nice to meet people who just get on, work hard, and don't have things handed to them.

Part of growing up is realizing the frustrating, heartbreaking truth that intense and sustained long-term effort is needed to effect change.

My grandfather was a wealthy and respected merchant in Montclair, New Jersey, where I was born. But his estate was wiped out in the Great Depression, and as a result, I had what I consider the ideal upbringing: We were a proud family, good citizens, and we didn't have a sou.

I'm working hard. I'm putting in the hard work. I'm sacrificing. I ain't asking for no handouts. I'm going to earn everything I'm given.

During therapy I have realised that my work ethic comes from my mum, Emma. She used to work two or three jobs at a time to keep food on the table in our council flat in Birmingham. She taught me to stay disciplined, to go to Sunday school, all those things.

Being self-made is a state of mind, and once you put that mentality to work, your success will come.

On both sides of my family, my grandparents grew up in total poverty and came to California during the Great Depression. The only way they were able to work their way out of that was by joining the military, which is how they both went on to be able to go to college.

My dad would much rather work a couple jobs than be on government assistance.

I was always about working. I like working. I don't like being unemployed. I love acting.

That is how I have been brought up - to never give up, never take anything for granted.

I was always a hard worker, but when I was younger I didn't have to put the extra work in like some of the other guys.

Always work hard and have fun in what you do because I think that's when you're more successful. You have to choose to do it.