Think of me as a fellow patient in the same hospital who, having been admitted a little earlier could give some advice.

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.

Beautiful music stimulates beautiful thoughts.

Like lost children we live our unfinished adventures.

Rest nurtures creativity, which nurtures activity. Activity nurtures rest, which sustains creativity. Each draws from and contributes to the other.

For their entire lives, even before they met you, your mother and father held their love for you inside their hearts like an acorn holds an oak tree.

But remember, there are two ways to dehumanize someone: by dismissing them, and by idolizing them.

Cutting straight into color reminds me of the direct carving of the sculptor.

I believe passionately in the power of people.

I am a woman / who understands / the necessity of an impulse whose goal or origin / still lie beyond me.

I definitely would like to do some more dramatic roles.

I've got too many of my friends that retired and went home and got on a rocking chair, and about a year and a half later, I'm always going to the cemetery.