We were promised sufferings. They were part of the program. We were even told, Blessed are they that morn.

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.

I'd much rather fall to my death than admit my weakness to you.""The captain of the Royal Guard wants to impress a lowly handmaiden?""A clumsy young man wants to impress a beautiful young woman.

You two are bad, sneaking behind Mr. Caswell’s back, getting a little something, something on the side.

Even where friendship is concerned, it takes me a long time to trust people.

Even though some of the films I've made haven't been particularly commercial, I don't find them failures.

I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn't work that way. So I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness.

I know just enough Japanese to get by if I get lost and greet an audience properly, just from having a lot of Japanese friends and being there over the years.

The right to choose death when life no longer holds meaning is not only the next liberation but the last human right.

Never look for birds of this year in the nests of the last.

Moral good is a practical stimulus; it is no sooner seen than it inspires an impulse to practice.