Those who would like the God of scripture to be more purely ethical, do not know what they ask.

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.

When people don't understand the meaning of freedom in their lives, they will continue to live as if they're still oppressed.

Women won't let me stay single and I won't let me stay married.

Language becomes a prison house only poets can escape...if we do not reject any strict distinctions between ordinary usage and figures of speech.

It is only by loving a thing that you can make it yours.

I have the ability to make a choice in how I respond. My natural response does not have to be the only response I have.

In light of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, critics are arguing that abuses of Iraqi prisoners are being produced by a climate of disregard for the laws of war.

The fact is that people would rather cling when they're afraid of something to a priori beliefs than rather open their minds about it.

Stop. I’m not going to take any more input until I’ve made something with what I got.

Without continuous effort there cannot be continuous achievement.

Hendersonville is home because I live there and I work there. But when I come back to Pennsylvania and see the crowds and the landscape, it's such a rush. It just feels like home.