Lust is a poor, weak, whimpering, whispering thing compared with that richness and energy of desire which will arise when lust has been killed.

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.

It is a truth widely recognized that tyranny stems from the consent of the governed as much as democracy does.

He came back full of life and hope and determination.

With me every peep becomes a trumpet solo.

Discipline, strictly speaking, is activity carried on to prepare us indirectly for some activity other than itself. We do not practice the piano to practice the piano well, but to play it well.

Grief causes suffering and disease.

People without independence have no business to meddle with science. It should never be linked with lucre.

This is mankind's destiny, the engine with fuels us as a race.

I love to dance.I've been told I'm actually really good.

Swimming is fun. It's a lot funner than golf.

If you could ever do a project that really has magic in it, and justifiable magic, you should do it.