The South is a great driving destination for tourism - heritage, cultural and many other types of tourism.

My philosophy of leadership is to surround myself with good people who have ability, judgment and knowledge, but above all, a passion for service.

Requiring valid, photographic identification is a common sense step to ensure voter integrity and sound elections.

No, our greatness does not come from our government.

We don't want a busybody government - a boss - that butts into our lives every chance it gets to tell us how to work, how to play, where to live and on and on.

In the business world, lower profits reflect less demand for your product. But in government the opposite is true - demand for our services increases in hard times.

I believe Georgia should aspire to nothing less than greatness And I believe greatness is within our grasp.

We want a state wise in its contemplation - just in its actions - and moderate in the reach of government into our lives.

Our best teachers do more than impart facts and figures - they inspire and encourage students and instill a true desire to learn. That's a fine art in itself.

I call it people-to-people politics and thats what politics should be about, reaching out and helping one another and touching one another about what were going to do.

Since I was a boy - born into a farming family in Bonaire, GA - I've had agriculture running through my veins.

At some point, you will hit a plateau. If you keep doing same things you did to get to that point, make a change.

If you take care of everything inside of you, God will take care of everything outside of you.

Don't get me wrong, I admire elegance and have an appreciation of the finer things in life. But to me, beauty lies in simplicity.

The soul preserves beauty.

I don't belong to anything anymore and I want to feel like I belong to something.

Whenever I get upset, I remember that it takes 42 muscles to frown and only 4 to stick up your middle finger.

In water, like in books—you can leave your life.

I never wanted to be a literary writer. I wanted to be an entertainer. All I wanted was to give what a lot of writers had given me: a good time on a bad day.

And to all of you, what it really comes down to is: If you're buying a book with my name on it, I feel I owe it to you to have it be the best book that I can make it.