serenity

"The only time I feel relaxed is when I'm racing."
- Paul Newman [1925-2008]

on zero

"Sometimes nothing can be a real cool hand."
- Paul Newman in Cool Hand Luke

some men you just can't reach

"What we've got here is failure to communicate."

machinery of the universe

Dr. Bromfenbrenner

Patient shows no ambition, no get-up-and-go, no vim.

He is riding the grand loopen-ze-loop ... that goes from the height of delusional gaiety ... to the trough of despair.

He is now near, but not yet at his lowest point. When he reaches bottom, he may erupt und pose a danger to himself ... and others.

Sidney J. Mussburger

Diagnosis, Dr. Bromfenbrenner?

Dr. Bromfenbrenner

Patient is eine manic-depressive paranoid, type B ... with acute schizoid tendencies.

Paul Newman's favorite restaurant

http://www.theranchhouse.com/

business acumen

Paul Newman: There are 18 of us and we do $163 million per year.

Robert Redford: That's funny. I'm making $18 and I employ 163 million people.

Cool

Paul Newman, "Exodus" © Leo Fuchs, 1960

“Every time I get a script it's a matter of trying to know what I could do with it. I see colors, imagery. It has to have a smell. It's like falling in love. You can't give a reason why.”
- Paul Newman [1925-2008]

Newman's Own charitable contributions exceed two hundred million dollars.