Tribulations cannot cease until God either sees us remade or sees that our remaking is now hopeless.

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 heart is all that didn't get removed.

Creativity is at the root of excitement.

How was I supposed to know ‘lucked out’ means ‘I got screwed over’ in Australian?

Isn’t ‘not to be bored’ one of the principal goals of life?

Tact, if it be genuine, never sleeps.

When I was a prosecutor in San Francisco I would get advice on trying cases from public defenders and defense attorneys.

The equivalent of external noise is the inner noise of thinking. The equivalent of external silence is inner stillness.

My mom's passionate and energetic and very funny and enthusiastic.

I truly believe in the law of attraction and that we live in a multi-dimensional existence beyond the confines of ego-based thinking.

The cure for false theology is motherwit. Forget your books and traditions, and obey your moral perceptions at this hour.