79 Quotes by Fred MacMurray

You know, you can only play just so much golf or go fishing just so often.

A man can get old pretty fast if he doesn't keep his mind active.

When we were doing 'My Three Sons,' I appeared in the movie 'The Apartment.' I played a married businessman who kept a mistress on the side and treated her rather poorly. It was a good movie and a good role, and I thought it would be fun. But you should have seen the letters of protest I got over that.

I want intelligence in my wife, but not too much she might see through me.

Seriously, I do not think that a marriage can be successful in which either the husband or the wife is far more intelligent than the other.

I don't night-club, don't get into fights or scandals, don't own a yacht, don't play the horses, don't wear plaid overcoats, don't go to Hollywood parties, don't own a motorcycle, don't run back and forth to New York, don't go in for politics.

I'm dull.

If I spend a couple of hours practising on the driving range, my 10 handicap becomes a 12 by the time I get on the course.

Both Lily and I feel we have a responsibility to our kids and it's one we enjoy; we love being with them.