“Five hundred thousand Americans die from tobacco poisoning every year, and it's legal. I don't know, it just that's the - you can't stop giving people organs because of bad behavior. If you keep on having bad behavior, then of course they'll deny you a liver, or whatever you need.” PeopleIfsKnowsNeedsGivingYearsDiesCoursesFiveThousandBehaviorHundredDenyOrgansTobaccoLiverPoisoningBad Behavior Author:Larry Hagman
“I often ask people if they would like to give their organs when they pass on, and they say "Well, I'm not so sure, I don't know." And I said, "Well, would you accept one if you needed one?" "Well, yeah, sure." And I say "Well, there you go - where do you get them from?".” PeopleIfsKnowsGivingWellsSaidAsksAcceptingNeededYeahOrgans Author:Larry Hagman
“A lot of times I talk to people, they say they don't trust the doctors, they don't trust the hospitals and that kind of stuff. Well, if you go to the hospital, you've got to trust somebody.” PeopleIfsWellsKindStuffDoctorsHospitalsDon't Trust Author:Larry Hagman
“People who are living donors who give kidneys. You can't give a heart and you can't give a liver, but you can sure give a lung - well, kidneys, anyhow. And that's where the main part of this whole thing is - one out of every eight people, I believe, is going to have some kind of kidney problem during their lifetime.” PeopleGivingBelieveWellsHeartKindWholeProblemI BelieveLifetimeEightLungsLiverDonorsKidneys Author:Larry Hagman
“I had a real epiphany. I guess it was during and after the operation. I did what's a common thing; I kind of raised above the table and could look at me and listen to all the people talking and understand what they were saying and so forth.” PeopleLooksKindRealCommonTalkingTablesRaisedOperationsLook At MeEpiphanyPeople TalkingCommon Things Author:Larry Hagman
“'Dallas' hit a chord back in the late Seventies and Eighties because it was the age of greed: here you have this unapologetic character who is mean and nasty and ruthless and does it all with an evil grin. I think people related to JR back then because we all have someone we know exactly like him. Everyone in the world knows a JR.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWorldMeanDoeCharacterAgeEvilLateGreedRelatedNastySeventiesChordsEightyRuthlessDallasUnapologetic Author:Larry Hagman
“But there is no withdrawal, but with tobacco there is terrible withdrawal, it is almost impossible for a lot of people. I did , I went cold turkey, they never had any patches in those days but grass was not difficult, alcohol not difficult, but tobacco - oh my god.” PeopleDifficultImpossibleColdTerribleAlcoholGrassTurkeysPatchesTobaccoWithdrawalCold Turkey Author:Larry Hagman
“Well yes so far, I was recently in Germany and they had me do six book signings a day and that was too much so I had them cut it down to about three. It becomes taxing at times but its a lot of fun and you meet a lot of nice people.” PeopleWellsBookThreeFunToo MuchNiceCuttingSixGermanySigningNice PeopleNice Day Author:Larry Hagman
