I was an organizer in the Food, Agricultural and Tobacco Workers Union down in North Carolina.

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.

Man was not meant for safe harbor.

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.

Jesus ruined every funeral he attended including his own.

I watch a romcom only when my wife drags me

What wild imaginations one forms where dear self is concerned! How sure to be mistaken!

I make a living with a song, and I feel honored to do something I love and believe in.

I know why we try to keep the dead alive: we try to keep them alive in order to keep them with us.

I've got really good people around me, and I feel really blessed to get to do everything I get to do, so to me it's a joy.

Actors, politicians, and writers-all of us are but creatures of the hour. Long-lasting fame comes to but few.

My audience knows me, and I wear beautiful clothes as a badge of honor. They remember where I came from.