Inner silence is for our race a difficult achievement. There is a chattering part of the mind which continues, until it is corrected, to chatter on even in the holiest places.

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.

You would not believe what skill, power and ability your total intelligence possesses until you lose your balance.

No, she did not have a history of twins, and we had discussed all of this before she got pregnant. What if all three, what if two eggs, what if one - you discuss every scenario.

He can't really love anyone, you know, and in the end such people are always alone, no matter how much other people once loved them.

Warren Buffett pays taxes on a smaller percentage of his billions in income than his cleaning lady.

You have got to unite in the same labor union and in the same political party and strike and vote together, and the hour you do that, the world is yours.

Every season will have its dips and hard moments, and the challenge then is to make sure you don't get too down in those moments and make sure you come back fighting.

If you're gonna sing meaningful songs, you have to be committed to living a life that backs that up.

Embrace your life, count your blessings, and don’t complain about what you don’t have.

Did you love Annie right away, Finnick?" I ask. "No." A long time passes before he adds, "She crept up on me.

It's absurd. We would all like to see Cuba move toward civil society and free markets and greater respect for human rights. But the U.S. policy is exactly the wrong way to go about it.