It is very true. But even a traitor may mend. I have known one that did.

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.

Scientific truth is marvelous, but moral truth is divine and whoever breathes its air and walks by its light has found the lost paradise.

But, number one, I think traditional noir doesn't work in contemporary storytelling because we don't live in that world anymore

I love emotion. I love being in love. And showing that on screen. I think it's wonderful.

The only good thing about the good old days is they're gone.

They put me in a harness, like a horse, to learn the back somersault. It was weird up there when I put on that harness for the first time. The courage came with practice.

We can choose to humble ourselves by conquering enmity toward our brothers and sisters, esteeming them as ourselves, and lifting them as high or higher than we are. . . .

I have never been beautiful in cliche terms.

My problem might be that even if I did go home, I wouldn’t belong there, among people who give without thinking and care without trying.

Your skin and hair feel good, you sleep better and you start feeling so much better about yourself when you start eating properly.