I walked the streets of New York for two years begging for a job, and I couldn't get one. — Hal Holbrook Copy Share Image
If we want to understand the actions of a man in the early 1860's, put yourself back there in his shoes. As a young man he began piloting steamboats on the Mississippi, a job he loved and wanted to do… — Hal Holbrook Copy Share Image
The main thing about money is that it makes you do things you don't want to do. — Hal Holbrook Copy Share Image
Man is the religious animal. He is the only one that's got true religion, several of them. — Hal Holbrook Copy Share Image
I developed a resistance to authority. Not to discipline - I learned that. But to authority. I like to think for myself. And I… — Hal Holbrook Copy Share Image
[Mark] Twain called Congress "the only distinctly native criminal class in America. We've lately sent a United States Senator to the penitentiary." That was… — Hal Holbrook Copy Share Image
There was so much to learn and it was all fun. But the best part was getting a laugh from an audience. That was… — Hal Holbrook Copy Share Image
[Mark] Twain was a publisher. He published General Grant's Memoirs (a big success) and had a hand in the publishing of many of his… — Hal Holbrook Copy Share Image
We live in a democracy. We have this extraordinary opportunity to use our mind and say what we think, speak as we think. Sometimes… — Hal Holbrook Copy Share Image
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