I was too dumb to know Opie was going to grow up to be a great Director, if so, boy, I would certainly have become his best friend.

All this talkin' about eatin' is makin' me awful hungry. I'll have two chili burgers with an order of fries, onion rings and a chocolate milk shake. And a Strawberry Ice Cream Sundae-with pickles.

It's not hard to tell we was poor - when you saw the toilet paper dryin' on the clothesline.

It's good to be funny when you are a comedian.

It takes 10 million failures to find the right stuff.

Anything is possible...you see having a good heart is what it is all about. With love...anything is possible.

Never separate the life you lead from the words you speak.

Empathy is the key to negotiating and resolving conflict.

Be assured that Christianity is something more than forms and creeds and ceremonies: there is life, and power, and reality, in our holy faith.

The good and the bad news is that politicians rarely do what they say they are going to do when they campaign.

The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the force.

I have an amazing relationship with my wife, but sometimes there are arguments. It happens.

The spirit in which one earns his daily bread means as much to his soul as the bread itself may mean to his body.

Prayer and helplessness are inseparable. Only he who is helpless can truly pray. Your helplessness is your best. prayer.

Then my verse I dishonor, my pictures despise, my person degrade and my temper chastise; and the pen is my terror, the pencil my shame; and my talents I bury, and dead is my fame.