It is only what is written upon the soul of man that will survive the wreck of time.

A pretty good test of a man's religion is how it affects his pocketbook.

Race prejudice can't be talked down, it must be lived down.

History is full of examples of people compromising their beliefs in order to keep themselves alive.

. . . unless there comes to the Nation a greater emancipation than Lincoln's Proclamation effected, it is doomed, it is bound to go down.

A giver's purse can never be paused.

It’s hillbilly urine

Jump or stay in the boat.

The most exquisite pleasure in the practice of medicine comes from nudging a layman in the direction of terror, then bringing him back to safety again.

The worst thing that can happen to you in travel is having a gun pointed at you by a very young person. That's happened to me maybe four times in my life. I didn't like it.

I've always loved stories of animals and birds that can appear to be human, just by taking off their skins or their feathers.

After you finish the first 90% of a project, you have to finish the other 90%.

I want to be crazy forever, even when I'm 80

New Orleans is a city of elegance, beauty, and refinement.

When I was a child we were sufficiently well off for me to be a picky eater and I still cannot eat vegetables cooked in the traditional British manner.