The process of growing up is to be valued for what we gain, not for what we lose.

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.

It would seem from this fact, that man is naturally a wild animal, and that when taken from the woods, he is never happy in his natural state, 'till he returns to them again.

Re-examine what you have been told. And reject any ruinous advice.

Humans are very strange. When you need a hug, they throw you away, when you need condolence, they insult you, and when you need love, they betray you.

Confit is the ultimate comfort food, and trendy or not, it is dazzling stuff.

I cannot function if there is a physical mess around me. If everything is falling apart, I go on a cleaning frenzy.

And if we can accept that a mother can kill her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill one another?

Words are easy to say, but emotions betray the best intentions.

Western dance begins with its feet firmly planted on the ground whereas Butoh begins with a dance wherein the dancer tries in vain to find his feet

Charlie Patton, who was born in 1891, recorded some of the very first blues. In 'Pony Blues' and 'Peavine Blues,' he manages to pile dense layers of rhythms one upon the other.