Because God created the Natural - invented it out of His love and artistry - it demands our reverence.

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.

Writing is the delicate, difficult, and dangerous means of succeeding in avowing the unavowable.

Only true rebelliousness can change the world for the better. Be rebellious.

The soft, fluttering cry of a barn owl rose over the churchyard. Silent men flowed out of the dark.

I think the scariest person in the world is the person with no sense of humor.

Minimalism is the pursuit of the essence of things, not the appearance.

The kingdom of God is the true ecology of the human soul.

Behold, on wrong Swift vengeance waits; and art subdues the strong.

Household objects lost meaning. A bedside clock became a hunk of molded plastic, telling something called time, in a world marking it's passage for some reason.

I understand people have doubts, but I'm totally clean.

There are three things a man must do before his life is done; Write two lines in APL, And make the buggers run.