No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally – and often far more – worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond.

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.

The Beauty that comes from within is the most Beautiful of all

When you're already going through a rough patch of life

The apparent facts, if you like. I'm not a philosopher. We lawyers don't deal in ultimate realities. Who knows what they are? We deal in appearances.

If you want to give the devil a message, write it on the bottom of your shoes.

You know when I was depressed I said I didn't want to live? Well, I'll tell you something - I didn't want to die.

Women's sport helps break down a lot of barriers for women in other areas, whether in religion or politics.

You can imagine what it was like for me to actually be sitting in a room with matching typewriters, working under the tutelage of this guy I so admired, both as a filmmaker and as a man.

I don't think people ever were free of fear of death, but clinging to life and being so unprepared for it is a modern experience.

Anyone who has ever taken out a mortgage will be unsurprised to learn that it is, literally, a /death pledge/.

Was I in here last night and did I spend a $20 bill? Oh, thank goodness... I thought I'd lost it.