For a good book has this quality, that it is not merely a petrifaction of its author, but that once it has been tossed behind, like Deucalion's little stone, it acquires a separate and vivid life of its own. — Spencer Tracy Copy Share Image
This mug of mine is as plain as a barn door. Why should people pay 35 cents to look at it? — Spencer Tracy Copy Share Image
It is up to us to give ourselves recognition. If we wait for it to come from others, we feel resentful when it doesn't,… — Spencer Tracy Copy Share Image
For a good book has this quality, that it is not merely a petrifaction of its author, but that once it has been tossed… — Spencer Tracy Copy Share Image
I couldn't be a director because I couldn't put up with the actors. I don't have the patience. Why, I'd probably kill the actors.… — Spencer Tracy Copy Share Image
I'm tired of pretending that everything's fine just so I can please everyone else. — Spencer Tracy Copy Share Image
Acting is not the noblest profession in the world, but there are things lower than acting. Not many, mind you - but politicians give… — Spencer Tracy Copy Share Image
Acting is not an important job in the scheme of things. Plumbing is. — Spencer Tracy Copy Share Image
I'm disappointed in acting as a craft. I want everything to go back to Orson Welles and fake noses and changing your voice. It's… — Spencer Tracy Copy Share Image
