What began the change was the very writing itself. Let no one lightly set about such a work. Memory, once waked, will play the tyrant.

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.

Lying is done with words, and also with silence.

What you call mistakes and failures are valuable experiences.

The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.

I hate injustice, I despise inequity, I condemn hypocrisy, I abhor the lack of reason.

Trust me, there is no formula for most things that are not math.

We have in England a curious belief in first-rate people, meaning all the people we do not know; and this consoles us for the undeniable second-rateness of the people we do know.

Hip-hop is mostly what I listen to, other than jazz. I've given up on pop music and indie rock.

I can't see democracy occurring by force - after an Iraqi war, because of the fallout from that.

I like vending machines, because snacks are better when they fall.

My smile is my way of saying: "You can destroy my body, but not my soul.