To me, the media in New York and LA have always missed the essence of this country.

I used to say that whenever people heard my Southern accent, they always wanted to deduct 100 IQ points.

That's the great thing about a tractor. You can't really hear the phone ring.

You may be a redneck if... your lifetime goal is to own a fireworks stand.

You know you're a redneck if your home has wheels and your car doesn't.

You might be a redneck if...your belt buckle weighs more than three pounds.

Pride is the first step in people unraveling and companies unraveling and relationships unraveling.

If your idea of a 7 course meal is a bucket of KFC and a sixpack, you might be a redneck.

You might be a redneck if your grandmother can correctly execute the sleeper hold.

Watching a baby being born is a little like watching a wet St. Bernard coming in through the cat door.

You might be a redneck if going to the bathroom involves shoes and a flashlight.

The tear-stained letters of my regret will remain forever unread, for I am never going to be strong enough to give them to you.

Your lies tells me as much about you, as do your truths.

I don't like greed, I don't like ignorance. I really don't like anger. But I love love.

Pray when you feel like praying," somebody has said. "Pray when you don't feel like praying. Pray until you do feel like praying.

You just have to determine to settle for nothing less than being FULLY ALIVE, to show up, be who you are, and share your gifts.

It's impossible to imagine our planet without coral.

The way good inventions are made is to familiarize yourself with those of others. The men who cultivate letters and the arts are all sons of Homer.

I never listen to 'Nevermind.' I haven't listened to it since we put it out. That says something.

There can be no black-white unity until there is first some black unity.

When all the world is socialist, Switzerland will have to remain capitalist, so that it can tell us the price of everything.