The idea which...shuts out the Second Coming from our minds, the idea of the world slowly ripening to perfection, is a myth, not a generalization from experience.

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.

A HUG IS LIKE VIOLENCE MADE OF LOVE.

I have the people behind me and the people are my strength.

The good old days, when each idea had an owner, are gone forever.

I look at my books the way parents look at their children. The fact that one becomes more successful than the others doesn't make me love the less successful one any less.

What Marxism calls atheism is basically the negation of an idol, which sometimes bears the name of God.

Civilised adults do not take apple juice with dinner.

Never ruin a good painting with the truth.

Seventy percent store-bought, ready-made plus 30 percent fresh allows you to take 100 percent of the credit.

I think Facebook's biggest problem is the glut of information that Facebook's power users are overwhelmed with.

The lover is a monotheist who knows that other people worship different gods but cannot himself imagine that there could be other gods.