Good philosophy must exist, if for no other reason, because bad philosophy needs to be answered.

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.

Faith is the resplendent key that liberates me from the impregnable confines meticulously constructed from the raw material of my disbelief.

The NSA has different reporting requirements for each branch of government and each of its legal authorities.

The thing that moves us to pride or shame is not the mere mechanical reflection of ourselves but the imagined effect of this reflection upon another's mind.

In France they don't think I'm difficult.

Those that dare lose a day, ate dangerously prodigal; those that dare misspend it, are desperate.

When you first are in front of the camera as a young person, you'd be surprised at all the insecurities you can get.

Originality is in the eye of the beholder.

I choose to believe in God because it makes things better.

But I've always tried to make the best of fear, then, because without fears there's no art.

How low am I, thou painted maypole?