When I have learned to love God better than my earthly dearest, I shall love my earthly dearest better than I do now.

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.

When you’re confident in what you have to say, you don’t need to add effect.

I believe the process of going from confusion to understanding is a precious, even emotional, experience that can be the foundation of self-confidence.

If you've got a dream, there is no one out there to stop you, from achieving it.

You see, I'm not some shiny bauble to be strung onto a necklace and displayed for all the world to see. I'm too proud to ever be anyone's conquest.

I have always been convinced that one can be more successful in business with honest, fair and legal behavior than with tricks.

Women have a mother-nature and a daughter-nature; there are no women with a wife-nature. The quality of wife is an acquired character; it is a combination of mother and daughter.

The only thing that was sort of Asian [as a role model] was Hello Kitty. I don't want to model myself after Hello Kitty. She has no mouth.

Experts say you can't concentrate on more than one task at a time.

Playwriting gets into your blood and you can't stop it. At least not until the producers or the public tell you to.

Kids can be born with potential but unless it's encouraged - pushed, even - I don't think it will ever come to fruition.