Put first things first and we get second things thrown in: put second things first & we lose both first and second things.

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.

Whomsoever embraces their creativity along with their individuality, embraces all possibility deep within.

Befriend simple thoughts for tangled ones may choke you

There but for the grace of God go I.

This is how everything should end: with the forgotten remembered, the wounded healed, and the sinners forgiven.

Men trust their ears less than their eyes.

I'm not scared of spiders at all. I'm the spider killer in the house.

Writing a poem is always a process of subtracting: you start with all of language available to you, and you choose a smaller field.

If I don't have a script I adore, I do one I like. If I don't have one I like, I do one that has an actor I like or that presents some technical challenge.

In the presence of Jesus in the Holy Sacrament we ought to be like the Blessed in heaven before the Divine Essence

I am for literally all of the underdogs that I can command and demand better of everyone, including myself.