Every talent is unearned, however, and with it comes a solemn obligation to use it as fully and as wisely as possible.

The functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion and empathy.

The whisper of the dusk is night shedding its husk.

Where there is cake, there is hope. And there is always cake.

Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer.

Nothing is worse than being alone on the evening of the day when one's cow has exploded.

Only once in a generation does anything as fresh as a vomiting detective come along.

The hands of every clock are shears, trimming us away scrap by scrap, and every time piece with a digital readout blinks us towards implosion.

Most people tend to think the best of those who are blessed with beauty; we have difficulty imagining that physical perfection can conceal twisted emotions or a damaged mind.

Any drunk who has tried to put his car where a lamppost stands is a self-educated physicist.

Given my heritage and the ordeal of my childhood, I sometimes wonder why I myself am not insane. Maybe I am.

Today is a gift from God. Don't waste it!

I recall the Scriptures into my mind, therefore, I have hope.

It doesn't matter if people doesn't know that you do a good thing nor the right thing. But he nor she must know your expression of love.

Man can not live by bread alone ... he must have peanut butter.

I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate, and glorify the obvious - because the obvious is what people need to be told.

Anything is possible in the life of a man if he lives long enough. Even maturity.

This is an area where North Carolina does excel. I have known more colorful North Carolina political figures than I have colorless ones.

Somebody asked me what do you regret. I said, well I was offered the role of Maverick in 'Top Gun' and I turned it down.

They have horses in 'Snow White?' I am lucky nothing nasty happens to horses in 'Snow White.