Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it.

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.

Can I brush your hair?” she asked as she led the way, her disposition doing a 180 on a dime. Kids. Can’t live with ’em. Can’t eat ’em for lunch.

The pauper is vulnerable to pride and pride is the destroyer of man's glory.

I had a sense of debt to the medical profession and to surgery particularly. I would not be as ambient as I am without it.

I see a New York that is once again the empire state.

I perceive the world through the wide range of emotions that whirl all around in it.

As for me, I had to know exactly what the situation was in Dukla Pass. Moscow had demanded it.

An artist is a man of action, whether he creates a personality, invents an expedient, or finds the issue of a complicated situation.

Whatever is spoken of acquires a certain existence.

Even if you are the Sun itself, don't be haughty, because you will nevertheless die down!

It is not that I don't like contemporary country music because I do. I love it. I have recorded a lot and have had great success recording records that have not been very traditional country records.