Until the evil man finds evil unmistakably present in his existence, in the form of pain, he is enclosed in illusion.

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.

Every human being on earth is the same and our very being is crying out for same need.

By loving more, you let your love live forever. The more you love, the more love you will have to give away.

The secret is in realizing your internal gifts and then setting them free.

Who, cher monsieur, will sleep on the floor for us? Whether I am capable of it myself? Look, I'd like to be and I shall be. Yes, we shall all be capable of it one day, and that will be salvation.

After three straight years of writing, though, I definitely needed a break to just go live my life.

The more one is united to his neighbor the more he is united to God.

My work on human capital began with an effort to calculate both private and social rates of return to men, women, blacks, and other groups from investments in different levels of education.

I was never going to be one of Nobel prize winners.

Whatever you paid to see Michael Jordan it wasn't enough. You knew that every night out there you were gonna get the greatest concert of your life.

I don't know what to do. I only know that it's taken me years to understand that life was pushing me in a direction I didn't want to go in.