Any manual labor I've done was purely by mistake.

Growing up in Mississippi, I was such a farmer, and it's not desirable to bring attention to yourself. That's my nature, and all of a sudden, I'm in show business.

They (mothers-in-law) never leave when they say they will. When my mother-in-law visits, the mice throw themselves at the cat, begging to be eaten.

When a man cheats on his wife or girlfriend, he breaks the spell that made him once the special one.

God lives and works in history. The outward mythology changes, the inward truth remains the same.

They (the blacks) had no right which the white man was bound to respect.

So little done, so much to do.

People tend to like an athlete's performance, but if you don't get a feeling for the individual, you're not very emotive about them.

Culture is what people invent when they have lost nature.

The American is said to become full-flavored, and in time a most all-round man, through the polish which Europe can impart.

Happy is the day whose history is not written down.

They only are wise who know that they know nothing.