Quotes from Lorne Greene

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.

Acting has been my profession for more than 40 years and I can't retire.

We still have slavery of all kinds - slavery of thought, slavery of ideas, slavery of cultureand I think 'Roots' exemplifies, in a very strong way, man's need to think for himself, feel for himself, do for himself.

When you have the top show your scripts have to be more than competitive. They should be the best.

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.

I was typecast in 'Bonanza.' NBC officials - didn't realize this for about a year - had seen me in a 'Wagon Train' as a patriarch with a son. So when we started 'Bonanza,' they had me playing the father as a 65- year-old.

If someone had asked me when we started 'Bonanza' what was Ben Cartwright like, I couldn't have articulated very much.

Do I drink in public? Certainly I drink in public! Ben Cartwright wouldn't, but I do.

Ben Cartwright was patterned after my father, who never saw 'Bonanza.' In that sense, my father will live for a long time.

My little girl was born in Los Angeles, and my wife was born in Bethlehem, Pa.

We have such a marvelous interplay between Canada and the United States.

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.

In my youth I wanted to be a concert violinist.

My feeling is that no series should run over five years, but I'm glad that 'Bonanza' went as long as it did. I do resent the fact that in the last year, the network switched us from our old slot on Sunday nights to Tuesdays without much of a promotional campaign.

Children are keenly aware of every situation where mother figuratively wears the pants in the home, and they're scornful of her for it. By the same token, the same attitude on the part of their father commands respect, even If it may at times engender fear.

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.

Too many creative people never get to see the light of day because shows hang on too long.

I don't care how big you are! Big bones don't weigh any more than small bones.

A detective story is just the premise for conflict, as a Western is.

The world is not the prettiest place in this planetary universe.

I believe in reasoned debate.

Even 'Bonanza' was derivative of other westerns and, of course, other westerns were derivative of 'Bonanza.'

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.

We're long on conversation in our house. Therefore, I don't like going to restaurants too much. There are too many distractions.