A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line.

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.

Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.

I know lots of people who are educated far beyond their intelligence.

It's difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato.

There's no such thing as being too Southern.

The game of life is a lot like football. You have to tackle your problems, block your fears, and score your points when you get the opportunity.

Baptists never make love standing up. They're afraid someone might see them and think they're dancing.

It's better to have died a small child than to be a politician who gets caught in a scandal during a slow news month.

You call to a dog and a dog will break its neck to get to you. Dogs just want to please. Call to a cat and its attitude is, 'What's in it for me?'

Instead of getting married again, I'm going to find a woman I don't like and give her a house.

The fact that it is sometimes difficult for me to believe in God doesn't mean that I deny his existence. If I stopped believing in him, I wouldn't be able to continue living.

Rejection makes you uglier, acceptance makes you, all the more, good-looking!

Faith is one of the forces by which men live the total absence of it means collapse.

I guess I was popular in high school.

He can feel no little wants who is in pursuit of grandeur.

I feel as though I'm not breathing when I'm out of his presence. He's the oxygen in my air, the sun in my universe, the staff of my life. —Jane Gardiner

it is a serious thing // just to be alive / on this fresh morning / in this broken world.

It does not take many words to tell the truth

Everything in this creation is a sign of celebration.

I'm not really interested in making money.