We know we are sinners, it does not follow that we are saved.

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.

Tess, there isn't a drunken, screaming netballer in the world that would have made me not want to ... continue.

I've always been attracted to films which explore the qualities of courage.

For my part, I sincerely esteem the Constitution, a system which without the finger of God, never could have been suggested and agreed upon by such a diversity of interests.

It wasn't by accident that the Gettysburg address was so short. The laws of prose writing are as immutable as those of flight, of mathematics, of physics.

Being humble means recognizing that we are not on earth to see how important we can become, but to see how much difference we can make in the lives of others

The best test of the quality of a civilization is the quality of its leisure.

The Grammys used me for ratings. And they were up 18 percent!

I believe that the more thoroughly science is studied, the further does it take us from anything comparable to atheism.

My favorite show from the '60s was 'Combat.' And maybe 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.'

We have to reconcile ourselves with philosophical questions in every field. Every field should be open to inquiry and knowledge.