Into the void of silence, into the empty space of nothing, the joy of life is unfurled.

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.

The situation and the people you meet in everyday life are designed by God for your future. So follow Him because He alone knows what’s best for your well being.

It was a subversive notion, the idea that she was free. Free to choose where to go and what to do with her time.

I believe that the choice not to have a choice is a choice in itself.

I am convinced the longer I live that life and its blessings are not so entirely unjustly distributed as when we are suffering greatly we are inclined to suppose.

The fact that we often judge the pleasure of an experience by its ending can cause us to make some curious choices.

Reason is simply a vast tautology.

Sometimes you just get burnt out with fashion.

I have loved my friends as I do virtue, my soul, my God.