Nothing in Man is either worse or better for being shared with the beasts.

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.

You have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn't worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.

Putting words onto paper—when it is done as an honest act of search or connection, rather than as an act of manipulation, performance, self-aggrandizement or self-protection—is a holy act.

Robots will harvest, cook, and serve our food. They will work in our factories, drive our cars, and walk our dogs. Like it or not, the age of work is coming to an end.

Singing instrumental music is most important because, while you play an instrument, you are singing through the instrument... actually, you are singing inside.

I've raised daughters who are English, and I'm American, so they're culturally different to me, which is an unusual situation.

When you do a rewrite, it's really about serving the director's vision, and what the director needs to go into that script.

Get in the habit of appreciating things.

Anything that you [as an actor] can change about yourself for a part is helpful.

The theater is a tough place. It's not cushioned the way it is in film and television.

We fancy men are individuals; so are pumpkins; but every pumpkin in the field goes through every point of pumpkin history.