An Ulster Scot may come to disbelieve in God, but not to wear his weekday clothes on the Sabbath.

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.

We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools

How do we perceive what’s important in life, from what we once thought to what we think now, how does it change?

Where ignorance prevails, there an opportunity exists.

I was willing to yield to nostalgia, that melancholy residue of desire.

That was the way with folk

A liar with a pen is a writer

Next-generation technology, she thought. A few extra processors, and it starts getting a high opinion of itself.

Justice, of course, was an elusive thing, very subjective in some ways, too often more of a concept than a reality, but without the pursuit of that ideal, where would humanity be?

How dare you, unless you can hold up your own life as a model of rectitude, achievement, and halcyon happiness, open your mouth about the stubborn secrets of living?

When you make successful movies, everyone on set takes care of you, everybody is so nice and you disconnect from reality.