Every sin is the distortion of an energy breathed into us.

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.

this is the rough part, okay? so just stay tuned for the good part. i promise it'll come soon.

We’re all just people making decisions and accepting consequences as we march toward an impending and inevitable death.

There are empty spaces that must be respected – those often long periods when a person can’t see the pictures or find the words and needs to be left alone.

Sweets with sweets war not joy delights in joy.

My grandfather, along with Carnegie, was a pioneer in philanthropy, which my father then practiced on a very large scale.

This is our world. Aye, there's more than enough of darkness in it. But over everything there's all this joy, Kit. There's all this lovely, lovely light.

If you are not guided by God, you will be guided by something or someone else.

Back in 1995, Bill Gates himself didn't understand that the internet was the direction computing was going.

Will not the Lord hear my prayers and listen to my cries as soon as he ever did to theirs [the ancient saints'] if I come to him in the manner they did?

I do have a lot of female friends who are stand-ups and also women who are actresses and also happen to have an act.