I had the notion that I wanted to write the great dirty American novel, so I went to Roanoke College on the GI Bill.

I have my own religion. I'm sort of one-quarter Baptist, one-quarter Catholic, one-quarter Jewish.

I'm a very comfortable and happy-go-lucky old man. I never wanted to be great, because I'd just get worried.

Whiskey's to tough, Champagne costs too much, Vodka puts my mouth in gear. I hope this refrain, Will help me explain, As a matter of fact, I like beer.

The best compliment I ever had is, one day I was in Nashville, some disc jockey said, Hey, that sounds like a Tom T. Hall song. Up until then there hadn't been any such thing.

I love winners when they cry, losers when they try.

Make your melodies simple enough so that the average person can hum them.

I love coffee in a cup, little fuzzy pups, bourbon in a glass, and grass.

When I first got to Nashville, somebody said that [Kris Kristofferson and I] were the only two people who could describe Dolly Parton without using their hands.

I took up a sort of a hobby of just hanging around the local library. I'd pick out an author and I would read all their books.

After I retired and came off the road, I gathered up all my musical instruments and suddenly, I wanted them all to be perfect.

A best friend is the only one that walks into your life when the world has walked out.

Leaders lead by example. No leader asks more than he is prepared to give himself.

Truth hides behind the curtain of illusion. We often get lost in illusion and forget to find the truth.

The sad truth is, we are all grown ups and most of us arematured.However, not all of us are old enough toaccept that loving someone doesn'tguarantee you that they will love you inreturn.

Someone's got to do some more research, but I would really like to know: when a CBT therapist really gets distressed, who does he go see?

In social matters, pointless conventions are not merely the bee sting of etiquette, but the snake bite of moral order.

Playing somebody who's obsessed. Playing somebody who is transgressing, and who is really crossing moral lines and ethical lines. That's always interesting.

Science is not neutral in its judgments, nor dispassionate, nor detached.

Refugees cost us money too when they come to us. If we improve their living conditions in Turkey, we create an incentive for them to stay there and not to place their fates in the hands of smugglers.

People exaggerate their own skills. they are optimistic about their prospects and overconfident about their guesses, including which managers to pick.