One of the most cowardly things ordinary people do is to shut their eyes to facts.

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.

You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.

Fear isn't an excuse to come to a standstill. It's the impetus to step up and strike.

Do the truth quietly without display.

No Republican presidential candidate is a viable option for pro-choice voters of any political philosophy - Democrat, Republican or otherwise.

It needs to become as easy to get hold of a condom in a poor country as Coca-Cola.

Then she was kissing him as she had never kissed him before...and it was blissful oblivion, better than firewhisky; she was the only real thing in the world.

The female always surpasses the male with stillness. In her stillness she is yielding.

The triumph of vegetation is total.

Most problems look worse than they are. nothing is unfixable.

I always feel like the less you say when you're making a movie, as a director, is the best. That means everything's going great.