if anyone present wishes to make me the subject of his wit, I am very much at his service--with my sword--whenever he has leisure.

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.

I loved her not for the way she danced with my angels, but for the way the sound of her name could silence my demons.

As we enter the path of transformation, the most valuable thing we have working in our favor is our yearning.

Playing things too safe is the most popular way to fail.

It doesn't matter which leg of your table you make first, so long as the table has four legs and will stand up solidly when you have finished it.

Methinks that the moment my legs began to move, my thoughts began to flow.

It may be easier to get forgiveness than permission, but trust is harder to get back than both.

'I'd like a hamburger and a coke, please.' 'Sir, we don't serve negroes here.' 'Ma'am, I don't eat negroes. I'd like a hamburger and a coke.'

Life's what you make it

The mind creates all the problems for an individual or for the collective. One has to go beyond the mind into thoughtless awareness, where there is peace.