I have been suspected of being what is called a Fundamentalist. That is because I never regard any narrative as unhistorical simply on the ground that it includes the miraculous.

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.

I thought I'd grow up to be a teacher, or maybe run for political office.

Of course I can see you. I'm not blind, you know. Oh, but you are. You just don't know it.

13 to $20 billion a year could be saved in health care costs by demedicalizing childbirth, developing midwifery, and encouraging breastfeeding.

There must be nothing in my daily conduct that, copied by another, could lead that one into unholiness.

The sacredness, if there is any, is all in yourself and not in the place.

You create your own audience, and your own community of peers, and in some ways you create your own forebears as well.

Nature abhors the vacuum tube.

I'm going to make a prediction - it could go either way.

The peak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.

One of my favorite activities as a teen-ager was to watch television over the phone with my best friend.