I think we all sin by needlessly disobeying the apostolic injunction to "rejoice" as much as by anything else

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.

Where everyone wants to be a leader, it makes one a follower to want to be a leader, and a leader to know what to follow.

The sword of destiny has two edges. You are one of them.

You say you need help. Help for what? You have everything needed for the extravagant journey that is your life.

I don't wanna get old and stagnant and hang around.

If you would like to leave footprints in the sands of time, you had better wear work shoes.

Let us fall before the majesty of our great God, acknowledging our faults, and praying that he will make us ever more conscious of them.

I remember Art Blakey saying to me, "Just remember, we're blessed to do what we do."

Remote though your farm may be, It's something to be the lord of one green lizard-and free.

I was used to playing misled youth, rough-and-tumble guys. It was nice to get back to a big-hearted, warm and gentle soul, a guy who is destined for something a lot larger than he ever expected

Some people in the utility industry have called it 'circling the drain'