I grew up poor. I never had any money. I was a hobo, you know, ride the freights

The four stages of man are infancy, childhood, adolescence, and obsolescence.

Yes, I backed the hula hoop. And I had a lot of other people come to me with ideas that turned out well

Kids do say the darndest things

Children have an unerring instinct for knowing when they are being patronized. They go immediately on the defensive against head-patting adults who treat them like strange beings.

No one can keep from aging, but there is no need to grow old.

I stand fearlessly for small dogs, the American Flag, motherhood and the Bible. That's why people love me.

If anything is worth trying at all, it's worth trying at least 10 times.

If you don't go far enough back in memory or far enough ahead in hope, your future will be impoverished.

I've learned it's always better to have a small percentage of a big success, than a hundred percent of nothing.

Diplomacy - the art of jumping into trouble without making a splash.

Friendship provides the ideas, tools, comfort, and motivation that nothing else can give or offer.

Naysayers are frightened of their own power.

The slave may be happy, but happiness is not enough.

Be what you wish your children to be. Parents have perpetuated by precept and example their own stamp of character to their posterity.

Women's virtue is frequently nothing but a regard to their own quiet and a tenderness for their reputation.

The libel laws in Australia are a lot tougher than they are in America.

Life in general in my experience gets deeper and deeper, more and more profound, more and more complex, the older one gets.

Remember: sin, even if legalized by man, is still sin in the eyes of God.

You got your own style, now let it come through. And remember no matter what, you got to be you.

I dont like doing whats expected. Ive always done best when Ive listened to my instincts rather than following convention or doing what other people think I should do.