You might be a redneck if three quarters of the clothes you own have logos on them.

I used to say that whenever people heard my Southern accent, they always wanted to deduct 100 IQ points.

That's the great thing about a tractor. You can't really hear the phone ring.

You may be a redneck if... your lifetime goal is to own a fireworks stand.

You know you're a redneck if your home has wheels and your car doesn't.

You might be a redneck if...your belt buckle weighs more than three pounds.

Pride is the first step in people unraveling and companies unraveling and relationships unraveling.

If your idea of a 7 course meal is a bucket of KFC and a sixpack, you might be a redneck.

You might be a redneck if your grandmother can correctly execute the sleeper hold.

Watching a baby being born is a little like watching a wet St. Bernard coming in through the cat door.

You might be a redneck if going to the bathroom involves shoes and a flashlight.

I hate organized religion. I hate that people use it to justify their crappy, bigoted beliefs.

Motherhood is a dream. It really is absolutely amazing.

But I simply can't stand a view limited to this earth, I feel life is so small unless it has windows into other worlds...I like mathematics largely because it is not human.

It is emotion that drives the intelligence forward in spite of obstacles.

To speak his thoughts is every freeman's right, in peace and war, in council and in fight.

We were living in the Slad Road when my father left us. I was about three.

When it comes to their kids, parents are all just instinct and hope. And fear. Rules and laws fly straight out the window.

The great advantage of a novel is you can put in whatever comes into your head - it has the same shape as the human brain.

There is too much emphasis on technical perfection nowadays, and not enough on what music is actually about - irony, joy, human suffering, love.

I feel just like Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman. You know, except for the whole hooker thing.