I’ve even written a role for Dolly Parton to play the town mayor!

I am fun. I do have a good time. I have a good heart. I'm not all jokes. I'm a pretty serious person sometimes. I'm very very hardworking. I'm very academic.

God knows the truth in all of this, and at the end of the day, that is the only thing that matters. Jesus was persecuted, and I'm going to get persecuted, ya know?

How do you get rid of hiccups? Drink water upside-down and put a pencil in your mouth. Is that possible?

There's a difference between being in love with somebody and being absolutley in love with somebody.

I have been the most religious person since I was 2 years old. I always felt this crazy connection to God.

I mean, if you need a minute to yourself, you aren't going to get it, but you just have to realize it's what you signed up for, because those difficult moments are what make for a much better show.

If you want to change your hair colour or your nail colour or things like that its fine, but you have to realize the dangers and repercussions of surgery.

You don't choose who you love.

I didn’t realize that pretending to be this ‘Hills Heidi,’ this spoiled rich girl who I wasn’t, would almost destroy me.

I'm from really humble beginnings. I've never been this Hollywood diva, but you get caught up in what you're pretending to be.

The right to choose does not mean the choice is right.

One single vision fills all minds: that of our independence endangered. One single duty imposes itself upon our wills: the duty of stubborn resistance.

I know many writers who first dictate passages, then polish what they have dictated. I speak, then I polish - occasionally I do windows.

Only when your consciousness is totally focused on the moment you are in can you receive whatever gift, lesson, or delight that moment has to offer.

I desire my children to be educated south of the Mason Dixon line and always to retain right of domicile in the Confederate States.

The president has a big stick.

Ceremony keeps up things: 'tis like a penny glass to a rich spirit, or some excellent water; without it the water were spilt, and the spirit lost.

Temerity is not always successful.

I think that's what being a chef is all about: camaraderie and teamwork. I never feel that it should be so cutthroat that you can't help the other chefs.

I've stood in a place to always be a bridge between different people and bring together people for the common cause of Christ.