Don't say it was "delightful"; make us say "delightful" when we've read the description.

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.

Mutual helplessness is the essential relation between parent and child.

The art of conversation is the art of hearing as well as of being heard.

A single smile of man is a thousand defeat of the devil!

The storyboard department doesn't talk to the layout department, which doesn't talk to the writing department. They're all jealous of each other.

Sometimes our significant others travel with us.

Heaven will ask things of you at some point, perhaps small things at first. You must be ready.

What I see everywhere in the world are ordinary people willing to confront despair, power, and incalculable odds in order to restore some semblance of grace, justice, and beauty to this world.

Look, Hollywood's a mecca, but it's not the final answer. You pick up a camera anyplace in the world, you can make a movie.

In the human race today, you came last.

My fans are very forgiving. So are my wives and my kids.