His face had become very red and his mouth and fingers were sticky. He did not look either clever or handsome, whatever the Queen might say.

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.

I am incredibly thankful for the strong support I have from my peers in the industry and of course my amazing fans.

We give a lot of others significance in our lives even when they don't deserve it. It doesn't matter if they're family or if you've known them forever. If they're not good for you, they've got to go.

I have always been anonymous, that is the position I should be. And it is hard to say why or how you did something, it just happens.

"I feel like, like pudding," Iggy groaned. "Pudding with nerve endings. Pudding in great pain."

Cities are the abyss of the human species.

My job as a leader is not to say, 'Hey, look at me. I'm a leader.' It's to lead. I mean, I've got to go out and find ways to win these games.

One must keep one's character. Earn a character first if you can, and if you can't, then assume one.

The solution to your problem is to see who has it.

If there's no hatred in a mind Assault and battery of the wind Can never tear the linnet from the leaf

There was always a unique Beirut sound, it was always there, and so this time I just dove straight into that, instead of daydreaming and wandering.