On the whole, God’s love for us is a much safer subject to think about than our love for Him.

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.

Art and resistance are great together. That's what art's made for. Look at Vincent van Gogh: He didn't cut off his ear because he was selling well.

Vegetarianism is a way of living consciously on the planet.

I became my own only when I gave myself to Another.

He's a better person when she's around, and isn't that what friends are for, to raise you up and keep you at your best?

Humanity, divine limitation; Divinity, human perfection.

All of us are subject to being passive to the social ills around us. It's a struggle not to become, by staying silent, an accomplice.

The people who are the worst at news, who kind of engage in what I call the World Wrestling of news, have kind of set the bar for where news is.

I went from a D all the way to an A plus, I tell you prayer changes things.

Our most noted satirists are true columnists and their opinions can be worth more than any well-documented exposé.