It costs God nothing, so far as we know, to create nice things: but to convert rebellious wills cost Him crucifixion.

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.

Being brave means to know something is scary, difficult, and dangerous, and doing it anyway, because the possibility of winning the fight is worth the chance of losing it.

If God is Love, He is, by definition, something more than mere kindness.

It's amazing I won. I was running against peace, prosperity, and incumbency.

I have Twitter so I can tell people what I want them to buy and they give me money.

For Ryan's Daughter I used a total of eight harps, something that was, at least, weird.

That [race] is still part of what [Barack Obama] is riding on. Except that, too, is diminishing.

When I am at home, I never watch TV, but when I am abroad in a hotel I take a look at the BBC to find out what's going on.

I don't like any sport where you're already exhausted when you're done putting on the equipment.

I love the idea of creative collaboration. I love the idea of exploring marriages, particularly ones that are in process for a long time.

The future is not what it used to be.