A pipe gives a wise man time to think and a fool something to stick in his mouth.

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.

Once you've chosen a man, don't try to change him, I wrote, with more confidence. It can't be done. More important -- don't let him try to change you. He can't do it either, but men always try.

Happiness is impossible for longer than 15 minutes. We are the descendants of creatures who, above all else, worried.

The good things in life are free, except for health care, and electricity.

This war has already stretched the generation gap so wide that it threatens to pull the country apart.

It's always fun to try something new, and to play a new character, and it's fun to play another period.

When you are a filmmaker, you need to be rooted, because committing yourself to producing or directing a film is a good three-year process.

Many marriage tragedies are caused, not by lack of money, but rather by the mismanagement of it.

Revolutions are not made for export.

Marketing is becoming a battle based on information than on sales power.

The answers you get depend upon the questions you ask.