The promise, made when I am in love, to be true to the beloved as long as I live, commits me to being true even if I cease to be in love.

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.

Fear always reaches a breaking point and turns into anxiety or rage, and I don't have enough storage space for more fear in my life. Namely when it involves people I've never even met.

Police intentionally murdering a mentally unstable person will always be unacceptable when there are numerous other non-lethal options available to them.

Both of my parents would say they were atheists, so where I inherited my connection to God I don't know. But it's natural. No Bible, no Torah, just the love religion.

When love is a theory, it's safe, it's free of risk. But love in the brain changes nothing.

I can empathize with President [George Bush]. I know what it feels like having a young guy waiting around for you to keel over.

As for dream roles, they usually just speak to you. I just crave complex characters.

The most successful businessman is the man who holds onto the old just as long as it is good, and grabs the new just as soon as it is better.

I create my own reality. And I'm not the only one. My reality is becoming more prominent.

We must meet the challenge rather than wish it were not before us.

The easiest way to lose something is to want it too badly.