You never know what you can do until you try, and very few try unless they have to.

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.

Even a snail will eventually reach its destination.

If the present is left unopened, now, it is closed.

Water is life sustenance.

You are not abandoned until you feel that you are! - On Being Abandoned.

A society that respects women needs to elect leaders who care more about women's lives than they do about their or their company's bottom line.

I pay for everything I'm proposing.

I don't have designer clothes in my closet. I just wear them once and give them back.

Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him say something good or keep quiet.

Television has made places look alike, and it has transformed the way we see. A whole generation of Americans, maybe two, has grown up looking at the world through a lens.

Be wary of listening to stories secondhand.