A thing may be morally neutral and yet the desire for that thing may be dangerous.

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.

I love the people, ' I said. 'I have room in me for love, and for ever so many little lives.

The recipe for great work is: very exacting taste, plus the ability to gratify it.

Spirituality is the strength of existence.

Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.

Karma is God's girlfriend.

I took on the sins of everybody, of a generation, really.

You might be a redneck if you had to remove a toothpick for wedding pictures.

One of the biggest ways we lose time is not knowing where we’re going next.

We want to infuse our day with good habits so that we can turn seemingly mundane situations into a ceremony of goodness.

I'm emotionless right now. It's hard to describe how I'm feeling.