Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.

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.

Faith is a fortune.

Being autistic does not mean I don't have empathy. Stereotypes are harmful. If anything I hyper feel everything and have to try to shut off to cope.

It was one of the warm nights at the end of summer that makes promises that won't be kept.

There are lots of secretaries who send off special envoys and yes, say, "Do a great job," and that's fine until it costs you something. And then they cut you off.

An English army led by an Irish general: that might be a match for a French army led by an Italian general.

I enjoy, and always have enjoyed, disturbing scientists.

My biggest concern during a race is getting bored. The biggest thing I have to combat is falling asleep while going around and around.

Change in the societies at the very bottom must come predominantly from within; we cannot impose it on them.

I'm a great believer in luck and the extraordinary role that plays in all of our lives.

The saint is hilarious when he is crushed with difficulties because the thing is so ludicrously impossible to anyone but God.