13 Quotes by Gary Burghoff

My son gave me the permission to accept my success.

I don't vote for the guy I trust. I vote for the guy who trusts me the most.

I was just a kid, but I was a rotten kid.

As a child of five, I ran away from home, but much to my embarrassment I was returned the next day before the FBI could get on the case. A disgusted sewer worker had complained that I did the worst chicken imitation he had ever seen.

I don’t vote for the guy I trust. I vote for the guy who trusts me the most.

It's awfully nice when people thank you for the pleasure and laughter you've brought to their lives.

I've discovered that the standard all-American dream of fame and fortune is not success for me. Success for me is simply the joy of working - doing good work - and then bringing that joy home to my family. But if what I do in my work doesn't enrich my life with my family, I'm doing the wrong thing.

I am offered work all the time but not for TV series.

The best compliment we ever got about the show was from a Korean veteran who was unable to talk about his war experience with his wife until 'M*A*S*H.' While watching the show, he was able to lean over to his wife and say, 'See, honey, that's the way it was.'