Edmund, who was becoming a nastier person every minute, thought that he had scored a great success, and went on at once to say, 'There she goes again. What's the matter with her?

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.

lessons of medicrity, to a great extent, produce students of mediocrity

The strength is given to me by the recognition I don't waste it in vain.

If he could be hard on kings and cabinets, he was invariably kind to his colleagues.

You are more likely to learn something by finding surprises in your own behavior than by hearing surprising facts about people in general.

That was perfect. It was just the opposite from what I said yesterday.

There will be no proof that I ever was a writer.

We are but whirlpools in a river of ever-flowing water. We are not stuff that abides, but patterns that perpetuate themselves. A pattern is a message, and may be transmitted as a message.

I'm not ready for another series. I have fun doing other kinds of things.

At the U.N., any nation that fights back is censored as an "aggressor."

Children instinctively know that the more laughter we have in our lives, the better.