The unhistorical are usually, without knowing it, enslaved to a fairly recent past.

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.

O world, that's you!You are but a widened place in the riverWhere Life looks down and we rejoice for herMirrored in us, and so we dreamAnd turn away

All the answers i seek lie within me, but inner quietude is mandatory before those become loud and clear.

Nothing won't change, until the choice is placed first. And until when choice is given a chance.

No external advantages can supply self-reliance. The force of one's being ... must come from within.

Enlightenment or awakening is not the creation of a new state of affairs but the recognition of what already is.

On the one hand, I'm a kind of crazy anarchist-sympathizer with a hippie background, so this sounds pretty good to me. Make something for the love of it! But the reality is so much more complicated.

You need to get ready because I have explosive blessings coming your way.

I will not go on a blind date.

I love fairytales. I like fantasy a lot, science fiction, I like magic. I like to create magic. I love magic.

Waylon Jennings and I had a lot of fun recording together.