I believe in Christianity as I believe the sun has risen, not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.

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.

Joy is a choice, not an outcome.

I was born, and then I was quietly resentful of that fact for a few years...but then I went to a library and it was okay.

And later I thought, I can't think how anyone can become a director without learning the craft of cinematography.

Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.

The Empress has been connected with the ideas of universal fecundity and in a general sense with activity.

Don't be deluded into believing that the titular heads of the networks control what appears on their networks. They all have better taste.

You can go from having all your stuff together and really feeling good about yourself to really figuring you can't run a lick.

Armies under the control of ... a sovereign State cannot bring freedom to anyone.

There's zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas.

Under the magnetism of friendship the modest man becomes bold; the shy, confident; the lazy, active; and the impetuous, prudent and peaceful.