You know what this is, I suppose. Religious melancholia. Stop while there is time. If you dive, you dive into insanity.

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 more of us that feel the universe, the better off we will be in this world.

Love the pride of the conquered nations, and leave them to honour their father and their mother.

We will always think about a change of attitude from others. Will we ever think about the same in ourself?

You will never truly realize the value of life until you take your very last breath.

If it’s the benefit to myself that drives my decisions, I can know that I’m driving down a long road with a short bridge.

Man is an over-complicated organism. If he is doomed to extinction he will die out for want of simplicity.

Tomorrow is an assumption; it is just a theory! We must wait for tomorrow to see whether tomorrow is real or not!

I keep active because I have not announced my retirement, because that is something that takes time and you have to plan it. Plus, it is something that the Dominican people expected.

Let me tell you now a man of my position can afford to look ridiculous at any time.

Love is what carries you, for it is always there, even in the dark, or most in the dark, but shining out at times like gold stitches in a piece of embroidery.