The beauty of life, is that you don't have to be modernly beautiful to live it.

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.

Meditation is a way to be narcissistic without hurting anyone

I felt a haunting loneliness sometimes, and felt it in others--young clerks in the dusk, wasting the most poignant moments of night and life.

It's over, her mind whispered. There's still hope, her heart insisted.

You've got to be able to copy things faithfully before you can deviate.

If swimming is so good for your figure, how do you explain whales?

I have always maintained that Iggy Pop is the Heavyweight Champion of Rock & Roll.

I have a half an hour warm-up I do that my voice teacher gave me. I exercise at least for an hour during the day. I don't have any superstitious rituals or anything like that.

In Manhattan, I often do two or three or more shows a night, so I'm always working on new material.

Man can certainly keep on lying... but he cannot make truth falsehood. He can certainly rebel... but he can accomplish nothing which abolishes the choice of God.

Things may not be logical or fair, but when God is directing the events of our lives, they are right.