We need not despair even in our worst, for our failures are forgiven. The only fatal thing is to sit down content with anything less than perfection.

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.

No man is educated for statesmanship who cannot see his time from the perspective of the past.

If you're going down the wrong path, speeding up isn't going to help.

... I believe true love arises only when two people are completely in sync with each other’s music. And dance with them.”-Michael to Sophia

I'm not typically a roller coaster person, but Space Mountain I really love out of all roller coasters. That and Splash Mountain.

I think there's something degrading about having a husband for a rival. It's humiliating if you fail and commonplace if you succeed.

It was pivotal in making you but you don't remember it. Or do you? Do we understand the events that make us who we are? Do we understand the factors that make us do the things we do?

There are people that are vegetarians that love bacon.

The geeks shall inherit the earth.

Why does a literary scholar study the world of "fiction"? To show us that the facts can never be understood except in communion with the imagination.

I have a need to play intensely every day, to fight every match hard.