The gap between those who worship different gods is not so wide as the gap between those who worship and those who don't.

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.

[of Nan Goldin] In an afterword to Ballad written in 2012, she declared: ‘I decided as a young girl I was going to leave a record of my life and experience that no one could rewrite or deny.

Of all the variables in your life, your relationships may hold the greatest power to make you either happy or miserable

The strategist is a chess player thrown into life.

There's just a completely different vibe at festivals. Everyone gets to hang out and enjoy their favorite music all day. I really do try and play as many festivals as possible!

I'm good at exploring roofs. You never know when that kind of thing comes in useful.

I'm a sweats and UGGs girl. Very casual.

Reading wasn't my religion - it was my oxygen.

Of course, people told me, 'Mikey, you will never be an actor. You don't have the look. You're ugly.'

... the truth is exactly that which can't be got into words. We are forced to lie, a little or, if we are inferior, much.

I remember our conversations [with Zachary Quinto] always being frustrated that we weren't doing what we wanted to do, but also filled with the determination that we were going to overcome that.