One is given strength to bear what happens to one, but not the 100 and 1 different things that might happen.

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.

Music give infinite strength.

Every person makes a difference. And the choices we make, the things we do—they matter.” She looked up into Will’s eyes. “And now I do believe in fate. Especially the kind we make ourselves.

I was raising a child full time, sharing the responsibility with his mom. He lived with me half the time, so I chose not to go away and make certain movies.

I'm lucky to have the privilege of being able to choose what I want to do.

But the nearer the dawn the darker the night, And by going wrong all things come right. Things have been mended that were worse, and the the worse, the nearer they are to mend.

Not everyone, the Collector was aware, is improved by the job he does in life; some people are visibly disimproved.

Up until now, I had ideas that I wanted to try but didn't have the opportunity to do them.

History is the invention of historians.

You can achieve anything in politics provided that you let someone else take the credit.

What's interesting about art in public spaces is that the public really sort of takes over and uses it in ways that you didn't anticipate.