Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart.

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.

Targets are achieved sooner out of need, than out of greed.

But the downside of being con artist is that it very hard to con. Even if the lies you tell are to yourself.

In a race, the quickest runner can never overtake the slowest, since the pursuer must first reach the point whence the pursued started, so that the slower must always hold a lead.

What do people in prison say when they meet new friends? Give me your cell number.

I can always tell when a girl comes from a good family because she's what's known as not at all attracted to me.

For a person to be truly discipled and growing in their faith, they need more than one person discipling them.

"What's the latest dope on Wall Street?" "My son!"

God is always at work around you.

I don't really know anything about fashion, I just kind of wing it and do what I want at the time.

The funny thing is that I feel close to all my characters. Deep, deep inside them all. I can't describe how deeply I love them all.