We do not want to merely “see” beauty. We want to be united with it, to receive it into ourselves, to become part of it.

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.

A belief is simply a thought that seems true to YOU.

It is a horrible, terrible thing, the worst thing, to watch somebody you love die right in front of you and not be able to do nothing about it.

You eat canned tuna fish and you absorb protein. Then, if you're lucky, someone give you Dover Sole and you experience nourishment. It's the same with books.

In prosperity God is heard, and that is a blessing; but in adversity God is seen, and that is a greater blessing.

Just promise me you'll think of me everytime you look up in the sky and see a star

Irrespective of whether you suspect you are able to do a factor or not, that you are right

I think most gypsies all over the world are used to being not really welcome and always on the run, expecting people to not like them and to be critical.

The world needs water. For every bottle of wine you drink you contribute to conserving the drinking water reserves.

I love to think. I once considered taking drugs as an attempt to better understand an altered state of mind; however, I decided not to. I didn't want to chance ruining the machine.

The living Jesus will give you joy amid tribulation.