If you picture Time as a straight line along which we have to travel, then you must think of God as the whole page on which the line is drawn.

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.

Creativity is not just thinking outside the box but living outside it.

Glasgow is still full of churches built in the last century. Half of them have been turned into warehouses.

Why is it that all non-conformists look the same?

You might be a redneck if you consider your license plate personalized because your dad made it in prison.

Obscenities are too often used for shock value, as a kind of shorthand for real expression of emotion. You've got to scale down your monstrosities. A scream is not a discovery.

The weak overcomes the strong. The soft overcomes the hard. Everybody in the world knows this, still nobody makes use of it.

And therein lies the whole of man's plight. Human time does not turn in a circle; it runs ahead in a straight line. That is why man cannot be happy: happiness is the longing for repetition.

Have the courage to follow your dreams. It's the first step towards attaining your destiny.

Don't tell me violence doesn't solve anything. Look at Carthage.

Where The Wild Things Are we were asking a lot of a 9-year-old kid. We were asking a lot of any actor.