It has actually become very necessary in our time to rebut the theory that every firm and serious friendship is really homosexual.

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.

Besides, if you are who you claim to be, that makes you my true queen. Therefore, you have my loyalty.

I care about our employees more than anybody in my company. I care about my kids, too, but that doesn't mean I give them everything that they want.

I am an American citizen born in Kuwait of Egyptian parents. I grew up in Great Britain, Malaysia, and Egypt and have lived in the United States since 1965, when I was seventeen.

The practice of "reviewing"... in general has nothing in common with the art of criticism.

It is in the American tradition to stand up for one's rights--even if the new way to stand up for one's rights is to sit down.

A slave- holder, who has decided to abolish slavery, does not consult his slaves whether they desire freedom or not.

Anybody can build a building, putting some doors into it, but how many times have you been in a building that moves you to tears the way Beethoven's 'Eighth' does?

I am iron resisting the most enormous magnet there is.

We need to take a whole UK perspective on this [Brexit]. The Mayor of London has got a role in those kinds of discussions.

We must be silent before we can listen. We must listen before we can learn. We must learn before we can prepare. We must prepare before we can serve. We must serve before we can lead.