I'd sooner live among people who don't cheat at cards than among people who are earnest about not cheating at cards.

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.

Just look at the Judiciary Committee, You have some people on the Judiciary Committee who may well decide not to send the nomination to the floor, and now it all depends on what Democrats do.

Generally the whole entertainment business now is bland.

Never mistake talking about writing for actual writing.

Kerry was here in Los Angeles. He was courting the Spanish vote by speaking Spanish. And he showed people he could be boring in two languages.

Horses are not for riding! They do not exist for riding! Horse riding is man's invention! It is the making up of human benefit!

There's nothing the matter with Hollywood that a good earthquake couldn't cure.

I wanted to get out of Mississippi in the worst way. Go back? What I want to go back for?

Like getting into a bleeding competition with a blood bank.

Is this a proposal? I'm married now, you know.

If you're a boxer, you want to get the ring with a Mike Tyson or Muhammad Ali type. When you're acting, you want to get in with Meryl Streep, and that's what I did.