I cannot understand how a man can appear in print claiming to disbelieve everything that he presupposes when he puts on the surplice. I feel it is a form of prostitution.

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.

Call on the Saviour, He will save you.

Very high altitude observatories are a known worker health hazard.

Bill Gates is a very rich man today... and do you want to know why? The answer is one word: versions.

The bad novelist constructs his characters; he directs them and makes them speak. The true novelist listens to them and watches them act; he hears their voices even before he knows them.

...It was nice to spend time with someone so interesting.

Working as an editor was like being a professional reader, and the better I became at reading the better I became at writing.

You don't have to pray to attract great things, because great things are attracted to you already. Pray that you won't throw them away once they get here.

People from both political parties have long recognized that welfare without work creates negative incentives that lead to permanent poverty. It robs people of self-esteem.

Veteran art creates a meeting place between veterans and civilians, or simply between veterans with different experiences.

Go wherever the facts lead.