When golden moments come, when God enables one really to pray without words, who but a fool would reject the gift?

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.

One who conquers fear cannot be conquered by anyone.

I am sworn to uphold the Constitution as Andy Johnson understands it and interprets it.

I used to play golf with a guy who cheated so badly that he once had a hole in one and wrote down zero on the scorecard.

I would be very surprised if on another planet we discovered a species as intelligent as humans that didn't have narrative, or didn't have art in general.

The anxiety of falling in love could not find repose except in bed.

Anyone can write a specification, but if nobody implements it, what is it but a particularly dry form of science fiction.

I hope my films will never completely be without the ability to mark anybody.

You got to be careful to not get too comfortable with incremental improvement. I think sometimes you just got to jump off a ledge.

Skepticism is the highest duty and blind faith the one unpardonable sin.

You cannot speak of ocean to a well-frog, the creature of a narrower sphere. You cannot speak of ice to a summer insect, the creature of a season.