Nothing is more likely to destroy a species or a nation than a determination to survive at all costs

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 effect of a concept-driven revolution is to explain old things in new ways. The effect of a tool-driven revolution is to discover new things that have to be explained.

A fish is a genius in water.An eagle is a genius in air.A fox is a genius on land.A sage is a genius in life.

I keep dreaming of a future, a future with a long and healthy life, not lived in the shadow of cancer but in the light.

When I'm sitting at the desk not being able to write line one, it's silence and despair! It's not so easy to put the pen to the legal pad or type the first sentence on the computer screen.

If I have a lot of adrenaline in my body, that is helpful because I feel less pain

Because you're only thinking they-might-not-like-me-they-might-not-like-me, and guess what? When you act like that, no one likes you.

I don't have to listen to anything you have to say.

I hold those wise who know how to be happy.

My practice schedule is not constant and changes a lot and depends on my moods also.

Use book value as a starting point to try and establish the value of the enterprise.