It is a dreadful truth that the state of having to depend solely on God is what we all dread most.... It is good of Him to force us; but dear me, how hard to feel that it is good at the time.

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.

When I was young, I thought I was a bird at one time. Then they told me I can't fly, so I stopped flying.

There are no environments where you're only going to win, because life just isn't like that.

A book is not completed till it's read.

Then, in the spirit of benevolence, "Your face is well balanced." She slapped him encouragingly on the back, "You have very long eyelashes. Like a cow.

Every believer is also a nonbeliever because he does not believe in the things nonbelievers believe in

Ignorance is a lot like alcohol: the more you have of it, the less you are able to see its effect on you.

Men dressed in an embroidery of excuses are not fit to enter the colorful chamber of champions

Mental communication without verbalization... all space is made up of waves and we are constantly sending and receiving messages from our brain.

I have the feeling I've always done what I wanted throughout my life.

In a way, art has always been my way of problem-solving, of getting through situations, of finding my response to things, so to imagine doing something else makes me panic a little bit.