[the difference between the old and the new education being] in a word, the old was a kind of propagation-men transmitting manhood to men; the new is merely propaganda.

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.

If our hearts are at war, we would not be able to experience Heaven in our hearts

People who understand the dark understand the universe, and therefor they can connect their soul so life can give them the uplifting mystic it has.

All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.

Religion, morality, and patriotism are feelings that are manifested only when they are outraged.

I sometimes think that the American story is the one about the reading of the will.

Christian holiness does not being sinless, but rather it means struggling not to give in and always getting up after every fall.

As for the excellent little wretches who grow up in what they are taught, with never a scruple or a query, ... they signify nothing in the intellectual life of the race.

No matter how many lawyers and lawsuits Obama throws at Arizona, we will have the American people and the Constitution on our side.

I do not have a single white note on my piano; my elephant smoked too much.