Thought is what we start from: the simple, intimate, immediate datum. Matter is the inferred thing, the mystery.

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 country that publicly threatens to completely destroy another nation should not be surprised when a preemptive surprise attack occurs from that nation and their allies.

To make the fastest progress, Be an absolutely cheerfulHero-warriorAnd take both victory and failureAs parallel experience riversLeading to the sea Of progress-delight.

Escape is just a will away.

The more I learn about the human body, our environment, and the universe, the more it increases my faith.

Only worry about things that are within your control

Generals who save troops for the next day are always beaten.

Now there are times when I have to make big decisions as I'm now running a company and that it's OK to go with being respected first.

None of this was written to hurt anybody's feelings.

There is something cathartic about having absolute loss articulated.

If I had no duties, and no reference to futurity, I would spend my life in driving briskly in a post-chaise with a pretty woman.