The amount of money we spend on education is important, but not nearly as important as how the money is spent.

I ask you: turn a deaf ear to the special interests. Let politics stand down for a while. don't waste anytime thinking about future elections until we've done our jobs here.

Ladies and gentlemen: There can be no greater investment in Alabama's future than an investment in education.

Hard times don't create heroes. It is during the hard times when the "hero" within us is revealed.

I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism.

For too long, we have focused on our differences - in our politics and backgrounds, in our race and beliefs - rather than cherishing the unity and pride that binds us together.

Perseverance is a virtue that cannot be understated.

According to our Christian ethics, we're supposed to love God, love each other and help take care of the poor. It is immoral to charge somebody making $5,000 an income tax.

Drugs are the enemies of ambition and hope - and when we fight against drugs we are fighting for the future.

The fight for reform comes down to a simple goal: giving our citizens the confidence that government serves the people first and the people only.

Tolerating evil leads only to more evil. And when good people stand by and do nothing while wickedness reigns, their communities will be consumed.

Respect towards humanity may get weaken when it comes about Stomach, Shelter and Sleep

Our bodies heal without permission but our hearts need consent. Give it.

There are only three things that can kill a farmer: lightning, rolling over in a tractor, and old age.

For 35 years I was a writer. I wrote a lot of jokes. Some of them weren’t funny. Some of them weren’t appropriate. Some of them were downright offensive. I understand that.

There are no endings, and never will be endings, to the turning of the Wheel of Time. But it was an ending.

When I say or do something I do it, I don't give a damn what you think, I'm doing this for me.

If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.

One hour three times per week in the gym is no counterbalance to all of the other behavior in those other 165 hours

A man should be rugged like Steve McQueen; the way he stands, like he's ready for something. Or he should be a man of the world like Dean Martin.

He that has ears to hear, let him stuff them with cotton.