I'd felt that a man without a woman was like a neck without a pain.

I even went so far as to become a Southern Baptist for a while, until I realized that they didn't hold 'em under long enough.

Money can buy you a fine dog, but only love can make him wag his tail.

I admit I was drinking a Guinness... but I did not swallow.

And I think musicians can better run this state than politicians. And, hell, beauticians can better run the state than politicians.

Musicians can run this state better than politicians. We won't get a lot done in the mornings, but we'll work late and be honest.

Poly means more than one, and ticks are bloodsucking parasites.

Well, I just said that Jesus and I were both Jewish and that neither of us ever had a job, we never had a home, we never married and we traveled around the countryside irritating people.

I just want Texas to be number one in something other than executions, toll roads and property taxes.

When a stray animal crosses your path, it may be as close to God as you're going to get in this lifetime.

People may surprise you with unexpected kindness. Dogs have a depth of loyalty that often we seem unworthy of. But the love of a cat is a blessing, a privilege in this world.

A man without pleasure is a man without any idea what life is about

His hand glides down my arm, folds over my hand. His fingers lace with mine, palms kissing. I can feel the fast thud of his heart through this single touch.

I think I can hold every portfolio - defense, finance and Foreign Ministry. I think personally I'd like the foreign office.

My personal cause and platform, if you like, is women's rights and women's issues.

What you experience as "reality," including your physical body and aging, is shaped by your habits of perception.

Find the balance between the calories you take in and the ones you burn up.

Remember, only a policeman is allowed to express himself on an expressway.

Love is great, love is fine. Out the box, out of line. The affliction of the feeling leaves me wanting more.

Anything that begins 'I don't know how to tell you this' is never good news.

The gallantry of his grief did put me into a towering passion.