Seek Unity and you will find neither Unity nor Truth.Seek the light of truth, and you will find Unity and Truth.

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.

What is an alarm clock without God's gift of life?

We got a saying around here about our corn, ‘it grows knee-high by the Fourth of July.

Amusement, even ironic amusement, is the beginning of sincere appreciation, as any lapsed hipster knows.

People who know me know I have a sense of humor that can really push the envelope.

Every language has influences and is an influence.

One should never be ashamed to cry. Tears are rain on the dust of earth.

I ought not to speak about the dead because the dead are all over the place.

Man looks aloft, and with erected eyes Beholds his hereditary skies.

Harriet Tubman, woman of earth, whipscarred, a summoning, a shinning

Most orgies that you go to, I have found, most of it is sad. All that wildness, all those laughs were like the shining silver and gold paper on packages, but there was nothing inside.