The discomfiture we feel may be our most accurate human sensation; reminding us we are not quite "at home" here.

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 have no riches but my thoughts. Yet these are wealth enough for me.

America is hope. It is compassion. It is excellence. It is valor.

I'm not cool enough to hang out with any rock stars. Jay-Z doesn't come over to my house. I don't hang out with Ted Nugent.

My characters are never heroic. They are mostly lost and trying to find the right door to open and they end up opening the wrong doors.

I can remember when, as a beginner, I was delighted with any ball as long as it would bounce.

You should express regularly to your wife and children your reverence and respect for her. Indeed, one of the greatest things a father can do for his children is to love their mother.

In both cases, weakness and scruples had defeated strength and ruthlessness.

I feel my immortality over sweep all pains, all tears, all time, all fears, - and peal, like the eternal thunders of the deep, into my ears, this truth, - thou livest forever!

I was interested in the environment from when I was a little kid. I spent most of my time hunting and fishing and kayaking.

I could eat gazpacho three times a day.