You weren't a decent man and you didn't do your best. We none of us were and none of us did.

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.

start ignoring people who threaten your joy. literally, ignore them. say nothing. don’t invite any parts of them into your space.

None meets harm who knows his capacity.

The fact there is no route-map to utopia does not mean that there are no routes to more accessible destinations.

To see the other side, to defend another people, not despite your tradition but because of it, is the heart of pluralism

The seeds from Ramanujan's garden have been blowing on the wind and have been sprouting all over the landscape. [On the stimulating effects of Ramanujan's mathematical legacy.]

Walk lightly through life.

An enemy of yours is an enemy of mine; an enemy of mine is an enemy of yours; if an enemy of mine is not an enemy of yours, then you're an enemy of mine.

The course of true anything never does run smooth.

I believe in the gold standard. I like solid lumps of things. You can always melt them down.

Human care (of animals) is simply sentimental, sympathetic patronage.