Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal.

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.

Everything hurts right now and nothing is helping because as the pain is getting worse — so is the love.

I, the ordinary restless child, the plain adolescent, the commoner who had been a nun twice, would prove to be a Daughter of Heaven.

Even five minutes of your time can make someone’s day,

Happiness depends on ourselves.

Purely cinematic film ... actually the purest expression of a cinematic idea.

Water always seeks the easiest path, the common level of life.

The secret of praying is praying in secret. A sinning man will stop praying, and a praying man will stop sinning.

Success is an accident. Showing up, even if it’s just for 5 minutes, makes us accident-prone.

If you are not prepared to look at your pupils strength's, don't touch their weaknesses.