We cannot fully understand the relations of time and choice until we are beyond both.

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.

Finding love on your doorstep will make you open up your heart to the world.

Let's be honest: women are still only really valued for two things--their looks and their role as mothers. I'm not beautiful, and I can't have kids, so what does that make me? Worthless.

You can no more bridle passions with logic than you can justify them in the law courts. Passions are facts and not dogmas.

War is unnatural, it causes people to act unnaturally.

What I most regretted were my silences. Of what had I ever been afraid?

The best way to accomplish something is to just do it, and then find the courage afterward.

I don't look at fashion the way other people do.

I envy people of faith. I'm incapable of believing in anything supernatural.

Our politics are our deepest form of expression: they mirror our past experiences and reflect our dreams and aspirations for the future.

I've never committed to a role without a script.