Our temptation is to look eagerly for the minimum that will be accepted. We are in fact very like honest but reluctant taxpayers.

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.

If we live in the moment every misery shall fade.

Country music is the poetry of the American spirit.

It's funny how you never think about the women you've had. It's always the ones who get away that you can't forget.

The notion that the public accepts or rejects anything in modern art is merely romantic fiction. The game is completed and the trophies distributed long before the public knows what has happened.

I move, therefore I am.

Nothing baffles the schemes of evil people so much as the calm composure of great souls.

I played an unsympathetic part -- myself.

One of my biggest superstitions is to never speak about the future out loud. Lets just say I got a lot out there and I hope to keep on going.

Last night I was struggling with a stomach ache, but [the trainer] gave me some medicine, an IV and I felt good out there today.