It's like the sound of a chuckle in the darkness. The sense that some shattering and disarming simplicity is the real answer.

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.

That's always seemed so ridiculous to me, that people want to be around someone because they're pretty. It's like picking your breakfeast cereals based on color instead of taste.

When they have contemplated the world, human beings have always experienced a transcendence and mystery at the heart of existence.

School means work and work means death. Let's all go take a nap.

I tried to find something I already knew about life that might help me reach out and touch my brother and get him to look at me and himself.

To grow and know what one is growing towards-that is the source of all strength and confidence in life.

Every realistic picture represents a choice as to which features of reality should be given prominence; no painting ever captures the whole.

....there is a difference between hearing and listening. You can't always help what you hear. But you can control what holds your interest, what you choose to dwell on.

I really enjoy the football season.

If you don't dream big, there's no use of dreaming. If you don't have faith, there's nothing worth believing.

Caress the detail, the divine detail.