Without sin, the universe is a Solemn Game: and there is no good game without rules.

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.

The fear of criticism stagnates the power of creativity.

Speech is silvern silence is golden.

True humility is intelligent self respect which keeps us from thinking too highly or too meanly of ourselves. It makes us modest by reminding us how far we have come short of what we can be.

It is a fool's plan to teach a man to be a cur in peace, and think that he will be a lion in war.

This world without a leopard…I mean, who would want to be here?!

It's very hard to accept that stoning still exists in the world today.

One of the others shouted a translation: "The beautiful couple is beautiful.

Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind.Because your lover threw wild hands toward the skyAnd the affrighted steed ran on alone,Do not weep.War is kind.

Too much virtue has a corrupting effect.

Stop lookin' at what you ain't got, and start being thankful for what you do got.