It may be better to live under robber barons than omnipotent moral busybodies.

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.

Think of what is and don't let what might have been distract you.

The longer I don't write, the more I hurt.

It's a very American thing to hide away from death.

If our subconscious was attractive, we wouldn't have to bury it down deep within us.

Did you tell freedom hello for me?

You're never without hope, because you're never without prayer.

Any change or reform you make is going to have consequence you don't like.

To listen to the interests of all marks an ordinary government; to foresee them marks a great government.

If the only thing that you are good at is convincing others that you are good, then being in biz with you is bad experience.

If anything matters, then everything matters.