I have always at least, ever since I can remember had a kind of longing for death.

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.

If there is a God, atheism must seem to Him as less of an insult than religion.

If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work.

In the U.S., coaches could be the father next door. They had no formal training. They're like old hockey players. They don't go to school and study.

Run DMC brought us out of that underground-only feel. They brought rap above ground and made it respectable as an art form to mainstream music.

The only time I'm the only woman in the room is when I go to the leadership meeting.

Hard labor and good intentions are not sufficient to carry a man through to success.

What if we discover that our present way of life is irreconcilable with our vocation to become fully human?

One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.

Gratitude takes nothing for granted, is never unresponsive, is constantly awakening to new wonder.

Poetry is a succession of questions which the poet constantly poses.