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> [If your cat's up a tree, you call the fire department. If someone's hurt, you call the fire department. If there's a mudslide or your house is on fire, you call the fire department. They're our first line of defense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorne-greene/if-your-cat-s-up-a-tree-you-call-the-fire-department-if-someone-s/)

[Lorne Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorne-greene/)

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## More by Lorne Greene

> [I feel energetic when I'm working.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorne-greene/i-feel-energetic-when-i-m-working/)

[Lorne Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorne-greene/)

> [The Cartwrights happen to be a family that other families want to be like.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorne-greene/the-cartwrights-happen-to-be-a-family-that-other-families-want-to-be/)

[Lorne Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorne-greene/)

> [I think the hearing loss started with 'Bonanza.' Sometimes the director would put us in a box canyon and have us fire our guns.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorne-greene/i-think-the-hearing-loss-started-with-bonanza-sometimes-the-director/)

[Lorne Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorne-greene/)

> [If I were following trends, I would never have done 'Ringo.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorne-greene/if-i-were-following-trends-i-would-never-have-done-ringo/)

[Lorne Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorne-greene/)

> [Ben Cartwright was patterned after my father, who never saw 'Bonanza.' In that sense, my father will live for a long time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorne-greene/ben-cartwright-was-patterned-after-my-father-who-never-saw-bonanza-in/)

[Lorne Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorne-greene/)

> [A diversity of interests keep me very much alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorne-greene/a-diversity-of-interests-keep-me-very-much-alive/)

[Lorne Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorne-greene/)

> [I left Canada in 1953 because I could find nothing very satisfying about delivering commercial pitches on camera. I felt the whole atmosphere of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorne-greene/i-left-canada-in-1953-because-i-could-find-nothing-very-satisfying/)

[Lorne Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorne-greene/)

> [In my youth I wanted to be a concert violinist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorne-greene/in-my-youth-i-wanted-to-be-a-concert-violinist/)

[Lorne Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorne-greene/)

> [That's the joy of acting, to bring something to it. That's what makes acting exciting. Just saying lines is not terribly exciting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorne-greene/that-s-the-joy-of-acting-to-bring-something-to-it-that-s-what-makes/)

[Lorne Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorne-greene/)

> [When I was 16, I discovered wildlife. My father took me to a place called Algonquin Park in Northern Ontario - it has some 1,600 lakes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorne-greene/when-i-was-16-i-discovered-wildlife-my-father-took-me-to-a-place/)

[Lorne Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorne-greene/)

> [I lived with my 'Bonanza' family for 14 years. On 'Battlestar,' we jumped right in and got to know each other later. That's just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorne-greene/i-lived-with-my-bonanza-family-for-14-years-on-battlestar-we-jumped/)

[Lorne Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorne-greene/)

> [Getting old doesn't frighten me. But I've got to take care of myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorne-greene/getting-old-doesn-t-frighten-me-but-i-ve-got-to-take-care-of-myself/)

[Lorne Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorne-greene/)

> [People go to see Shakespeare plays over and over, not because the story is new, but because they want to see how a certain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorne-greene/people-go-to-see-shakespeare-plays-over-and-over-not-because-the/)

[Lorne Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorne-greene/)

> [We're long on conversation in our house. Therefore, I don't like going to restaurants too much. There are too many distractions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorne-greene/we-re-long-on-conversation-in-our-house-therefore-i-don-t-like-going/)

[Lorne Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorne-greene/)

> [I played Big Brother in a Studio One presentation of '1984,' and that should have marked me as a villain to American producers. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorne-greene/i-played-big-brother-in-a-studio-one-presentation-of-1984-and-that/)

[Lorne Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorne-greene/)

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