It may be better to live under robber barons than under 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.

Every believer experiences the Joy of salvation

Redemption was asking too much, but he could hope. Something told him he’d still be seeking absolution when he took his last breath on some distant day.

Some men can get results if kindly encouraged, but give me the kind that do things in spite of hell.

It is not the strong one that wins, the one that wins is strong.

The difficult opponent is the best.

When I'm on stage, I'm trying to do one thing: bring people joy.

She never lets ideas interrupt the easy flow of her conversation.

Even in college I tended to get cast in the comedies more. It was what I liked doing.

A deer that knows all the hunting techniques of a lion will never fall prey to a lion!

One thing I love about making an ensemble film is that you can have ten people come away from it with ten different messages.