I don't pray so that I can change God. I pray so that God can change me.

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.

Healing facilitates lasting change

The master never seemed to have his fill of gazing at his firstborn child. "What do you want him to be when he grows up?" someone asked. "Outrageously happy," said the master.

Being in school is the best place to be if you are an athlete because you can structure your own time.

Pass the bone, kid pass the bone, Let's get on this mission like Indiana Jones

Find first, seek later.

You have to be willing to sacrifice as much to prevent war, as soldiers are willing to sacrifice to wage war.

At one point in college I was so shy that I'd drop out of a class if asked to speak in front of other people.

Giving is the secret to a healthy life. Not necessarily money, but whatever a person has to give of encouragement, sympathy, and understanding.

I regard it as ethically unacceptable and impractical to censor any aspect of trying to understand the nature of our world.

I just want to be able to get onstage and move and move around.