Though under earth, and throneless now I be Yet while I lived all earth was under me.

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.

Confidence is seen, not heard.

Forever is composed of nows.

it is not good to repudiate the dead because then they do not leave you alone, they are like dogs that bark intermittently at night.

It doesn't matter what I think I am, it matters what I do.

The artist I wanna be like is Michael Jackson. I'll get the house with the roller coaster and the rides and a disco, and I'll invite all my friends and just stay at home.

The madder I get, the faster I go.

I try to keep a pretty one-tracked mind.

Our bounty, like a drop of water, disappears, when diffus'd too widely

I tried to talk to Annabeth, but she was acting like I'd just punched her grandmother.

It's not like I idolize this one guy Machiavelli. I idolize that type of thinking where you do whatever's gonna make you achieve your goal.