You might be a redneck if you're a lite beer drinker, because you start drinking when it gets light.

I used to say that whenever people heard my Southern accent, they always wanted to deduct 100 IQ points.

That's the great thing about a tractor. You can't really hear the phone ring.

You may be a redneck if... your lifetime goal is to own a fireworks stand.

You know you're a redneck if your home has wheels and your car doesn't.

You might be a redneck if...your belt buckle weighs more than three pounds.

Pride is the first step in people unraveling and companies unraveling and relationships unraveling.

If your idea of a 7 course meal is a bucket of KFC and a sixpack, you might be a redneck.

You might be a redneck if your grandmother can correctly execute the sleeper hold.

Watching a baby being born is a little like watching a wet St. Bernard coming in through the cat door.

You might be a redneck if going to the bathroom involves shoes and a flashlight.

Courage for the big troubles in life, lad' he'd say, 'and patience for the small. Be of good cheer. God is awake.

If someone can handle you at your worst, they'll stick around for your best.

There is a strange kind of tragic enigma associated with the problem of racism. No one, or almost no one, wishes to see themselves as racist; still racism persists, real and tenacious.

We all have special numbers in our lives, and 4 is that for me. It's the day I was born. My mother's birthday, and a lot of my friends' birthdays, are on the fourth; April 4 is my wedding date.

I changed my name because it didn't fit with the way I saw myself.

When I started to write culinary mysteries, I did it because nobody was doing it anymore.

I tell you that as long as I can conceive something better than myself I cannot be easy unless I am striving to bring it into existence or clearing the way for it.

When everyone agrees to a single solution and a single plan, there's nothing more efficient in the world than an efficient democracy.

We have more than we use.

Being a son of the pastor, I was never allowed to play Joseph or any of the big parts for political reasons.