Christianity if false is not important. If Christianity is true however it is of infinite importance. What it cannot be is moderately important.

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.

He'd saved her life and killed her trust. He'd thought it a fair trade, at the time.

I will believe in the right of one man to govern a nation despotically when I find a man born unto the world with boots and spurs, and a nation with saddles on their backs.

Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.

I went to a high school for the performing arts and I lived and breathed music. It kept me focused; it kept me sane.

I had totally lost my way. I lost focus. I lost myself.

Man should not try to avoid stress any more than he would shun food, love or exercise

Girls tend to get seduced through their ears. Guys tend to get seduced through their eyes.

I am 5ft 6in and weigh about 11 stone - about a stone overweight, but that's because of my brain.

All human relations untouched by love take place in the dark

When you're expected to win and you have the press saying that you are going to win the Olympic gold medal, and you're the only sure thing in the Olympics, it can undermine your confidence.