It is wonderful what you can do when you have to.

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.

I can't make sense out of that girl, " he said to the bard, "Can you?" "Never mind, " Fflewddur said, "We aren't really expected to.

Help!" he yelled and he lifted one leg, trying to run. But you can't outrun the membrane — he was soon gone.

To this day, I still think Lonesome Dove is my best part.

We're an amazingly adaptive and resilient species. Once we put our mind to global warming, I have no doubt we'll figure a way through here that won't lead to utter calamity.

I don't think anyone can walk through the world in a state of vulnerability all the time, can they?

Without an expectation of success, one is rarely successful.

One cannot quite trust the word of potted flowers," thought the butterfly; "they have too much to do with men.

Well, my dad was the district attorney of New Orleans for about 30 years.

Leadership is a relationship between those who aspire to lead and those who choose to follow.

If you are attacked as regards your style, never reply; it is for your work alone to make answer.