No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good...Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is.

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.

Marriages are for the grownup people. Fortunately or unfortunately, I am not yet the one!

A right to jury trial is granted to criminal defendants in order to prevent oppression by the Government.

If it comes down to a choice between being unloved and being vulnerable and sensitive and emotional, then you can just keep your love.

It's nice to live through a good moment and be able to share it with someone else. Otherwise, what sense would it have? Selfishly, it doesn't give you that much.

Anger tells us we've disconnected from life. The purpose in anger is to use it to come back to life.

I get on with actors, and when I'm doing a theatre show, it's great being with them all the time. But we're all alike, and it's much nicer being with people who are different.

Clutch the bramble and you will be pricked.

My heavenly citizenship makes the whole world a foreign mission field.

A doctor who keeps a person from becoming ill deserves more merit than one who cures him.

It's remarkable how we go on year after year, doing the same old things. We get tired and bored, and ask when they'll come for us