James Garner Rockford Quotes

#1. It is pure illusion to think that an opinion that passes down from century to century, from generation to generation, may not be entirely false.

Pierre Bayle

#2. If you try to over-control what you think you will achieve, you'll miss what you can actually accomplish.

Patrick Wolff

#3. Oh, that dog! Ever hear of a German Shepherd that bites its nails? Barks with a lisp? You say, "Attack!" And he has one. All he does is piddle. He's nothing but a fur-covered kidney that barks.

Phyllis Diller

#4. The characters I've played, especially Bret Maverick and Jim Rockford, almost never use a gun, and they always try to use their wits instead of their fists.

James Garner

#5. For the first five years of my life, things felt pretty good. A lot went wrong after that, family-wise.

Damon Galgut

#6. Famous for his 'Maverick' Western series in the 1950s and 'The Rockford Files' in the '70s, and in movies like 'The Great Escape' and 'Grand Prix' in between, James Garner played amiable, independent characters for more than a half-century and never lost his comforting, enduring appeal.

Richard Corliss

#7. The only difference between a rut and a grave are the dimensions.

Ellen Glasgow