Kids grow up awfully fast these days,"she said. "You should try to have a good relationship with your kids, no matter what they do.

A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.

If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money.

While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster.

Never give a golfer an ultimatum unless you're prepared to lose.

If you want a place in the sun, you have got to put up with a few blisters.

If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.

The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back.

Fear less, hope more. Eat less, chew more. Talk less, say more. Hate less, love more.

You are what you are when nobody is looking.

Wisdom doesn't automatically come with old age. Nothing does - except wrinkles. It's true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.

Always find a reason to dream, to hope, and to love.

A philosopher will not believe what he sees because he is too busy speculating about what he does not see.

An idea that no one believes can not be proved too often.

The Future belongs to those who can spread ideas.

You might be a redneck if you give your dad a gallon of Pepto-Bismol for his birthday.

I’ll have you know that the most delicate flowers often produce the strongest scent when crushed.

What began it all was the bright bone of a dream I could hardly hold onto.

Analogy is even slipperier than logic.

I definitely have found a balance. I've had so many offers in the past to do different movies or different things and I always choose tournaments over it.

My books depend on someone in danger, putting pieces together and figuring things out. They do a lot of thinking, and that gets lost in the movie.