All these toys were never intended to possess my heart. My true good is in another world, and my only real treasure is Christ.

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.

A dream is a divine prophecy.

The fear that permeated every fiber of my being was relentless, it was cruel, and it was my best hope for getting through this.

Quit analyzing me. My crazy needs no definition.

She realized that this scarred, sarcastic boy, was gentle with the things he loved.

The ultimate creative thinking technique is to think like God. If you're an atheist, pretend how God would do it.

[U]nemployment is ... a side effect of the cure for inflation.

I tried his cell over and over but he never answered. Then I’d call just to hear his voice on the outgoing message, until eventually that was gone too.

If you're going to undertake any project, like a book, you have to show up to give.

Come on back and we’ll see if you remember the simplest thing of all – how it is to be children, secure in belief and thus afraid of the dark.

Farewell - farewell, For I am weary of the weight of time.