I do not think that all who choose wrong roads perish; but their rescue consists in being put back on the right road.

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.

God bears with the wicked but not forever.

Every language has influences and is an influence.

I do suffer from depression, I suppose. Which isn't that unusual. You know, a lot of people do.

We must, therefore, be here as strangers and pilgrims, that we may plainly declare that we seek a city above.

For better or worse, when you're running for mayor, there's a little bit of a spotlight on you.

The only new ideas that are not subject to our skepticism or suspicion are our own.

In every woman's life there is one real and consuming love. But very few women guess which one it is.

I'm nice because, when I was growing up, so many people weren't nice to me, and I remember how that felt. And I don't want to make anyone else feel like that. I value nice.

This is something I love to do. I've never had any other job. I love singing and entertaining.

The mind is susceptible to suggestions. It learns whatever you teach it.