No time for better words, no time to unsay anything.-Til We Have Faces

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.

That was our friendship: equal parts irritation and cooperation.

Don't insult me today just because I'm poor, you don't know what my future holds!

I am what the water gave me, / a smoke-ring in a jar, / the braided rope / my ladder-to-the-light, / my shivering bird heart / caught

It's hard finding people you trust or who aren't going to take your money. Everyone wants to get a piece of whatever you're doing. It's a nightmare.

Do you want to make a tamale with peanut butter and jelly? Go Ahead! Somebody will eat it.

Let yourself go with dis-ease, be with it, and keep it company. This is the way to be rid of it.

Character in many ways is everything in leadership. It is made up of many things, but I would say character is really integrity.

The Syrian people do not recognize themselves in the elite politics of the Muslim Brotherhood or the left, each of which is looking for an external power rather than the people's own self-activity.

I never wanted to be a movie star.

I didn't want a divorce but had to because of circumstance.