Power to translate is the test of having really understood one's own meaning.

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.

There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear. In fact, try as we may to make a silence, we cannot.

Cookbooks bear the same relation to real books that microwave food bears to your grandmother?s.

We are always bargaining with our feelings so that we can live from day to day.

Revelation without a relationship produces rebellion.

Cowards have done good and kind actions, but a coward never pardoned.

I've dealt with a lot of bullshit because of the way I look and a lot of misconceptions about what people should be afraid of.

I intimidate a lot of men, because I've done a lot. I'm established. I'm successful.

I hear the headlines on the radio, see them on TV and read them in the paper. When I hear from the men out there, I sometimes don't believe they are talking about the same situation.

Its better to shoot and miss, then to let time run out and wonder what if

Women have the stress of being beautiful, of age and youth. Men don't have all that. And with women, that stress causes a lot of mistakes and bad choices - a lot of not being their true self.