Disobedience to conscience makes conscience blind.

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.

Men are often mislead by their fellow-men.

you only know you can do something if you keep on doing it

It is invidious to distinguish particular men as adventurers: we are all such.

Hope is like yeast, you know, rising under warmth.

teaching meant for the hands enters most easily through the eyes.

I had something to do, which most kids really need. Something they can look forward to - a goal, a purpose to work towards. Something to achieve. Keeps them out of trouble.

I am Emperor, my descendants will be numerous. From the second generation to the ten thousandth, my line will not end.

I am constrained every moment to acknowledge a higher origin for events than the will I call mine.

When one goes to see Modern Times, for instance, one understands much more about socialism than listening to the man who was then head of the Socialist movement in Italy.

I try to treat people as people and not put them in pigeonholes.