I was 48-years old before anybody talked me into it for medicinal purposes, instead of some of these drugs that they give you that will lead you to heart surgery and things of that nature.

By the time you get close to the answers, it's nearly all over.

Lay in the weeds and wait, and when you get your chance to say something, say something good.

I'll tell you what the public likes more than anything, it's the most rare commodity in the world - honesty.

Momma tried to raise me better, but her pleading I denied, and that leaves only me to blame, cause Momma tried.

I wish coke was still cola and a joint was a bad place to be.

Faith is the only way we're going to make it. None of us are smart enough to do it on our own.

Running down on a way of life our fighting men have fought and died to keep. If you don't love it, leave it.

The only thing that I miss lately in all music is somebody that will put out a melody that you can whistle. It doesn't seem like there's anything happening like that.

Willie Nelson's the one who told me the reason it costs so much to get divorced is because it's worth it.

If I hear another line dance song I think I'm going to puke.

If you’re trying to tell me you’re not used to mattering to someone, I might just bleed out right here on the floor.

Sometimes we make things too complicated when we really need to remember that the kingdom belongs to children.

Until we find the meaning of the stories in our lives we're destined to wander in a wilderness even though we're in a promised land.

As it turns out, what looks like science sometimes is not.

Without armaments peace cannot be kept; wars are waged not only to repel injustice but also to establish a firm peace.

I'm from the theater, darling. I want to know what happens at the end.

There's all kinds of ways to wean yourself off of sugar - because it is like an addiction.

I paint for the sheer joy of painting. I have never sold any of my paintings. I'd rather give them to people for free.

I write plays because writing dialogue is the only respectable way of contradicting yourself. I put a position, rebut it, refute the rebuttal, and rebut the refutation.

An individual is as superb as a nation when he has the qualities which make a superb nation.