In coming to understand anything we are rejecting the facts as they are for us in favour of the facts as they are.

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.

Hope is the flower of the soul. Let it bloom with action and persistence.

You are in big trouble when you start writing software to impress girls.

Lean back into the arms of grace.

There is always an easy solution to every problem - neat, plausible, and wrong.

I don't mind you thinking I'm stupid, but don't talk to me like I'm stupid.

A book should contain pure discoveries, glimpses of terra firma, though by shipwrecked mariners, and not the art of navigation by those who have never been out of sight of land.

I have great confidence in Rick Caruso's unique qualifications and his ability to lead a successful bid for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Every rule should be broken at least one time.

I have no regrets whatsoever that I have acted in a way to advance my country's interests

I must beware of the photo, get what I can of it and then go.