Sainthood lies in the habit of referring the smallest actions to God.

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.

I believe the man who will go down in posterity is the man who paints his own time and the scenes of everyday life around him.

So I will go as far as I can into rock and roll carrying my Christian banner.

Jealousy is the tribute which mediocrity pays to genius.

Night begins to muffle up the day.

Art is the expression of the artist´s overflowing soul.

You grow up skinny in Canada; in working-class Montreal, you're definitely the underdog.

For all the cynicism that the world contains, people are a little more open to those things that maybe are to do with returning you to some kind of simpler, happier state.

There are secrets to our world that only practice can reveal, and no opinion or analysis will ever capture in full.

If you can dream, you can do.

If I leave you alone, and you leave me alone, we are both better off. And I will leave you alone if you leave me alone. And there is a lot of traction to be gained from that.