until the theologians and the ordained clergy begin to communicate with ordinary people in the vernacular, in a way that they can understand, I’m going to have to do this sort of thing.

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.

Love makes us such fools.

If only I'd known my differentness would be an asset, then my earlier life would have been much easier.

The mind, when it reaches its limits, must make a judgment and choose its conclusions. This is where suicide and the reply stand.

I think my whole life, because of where I came from, I had a fear of failure.

I liked math - that was my favorite subject - and I was very interested in astronomy and in physical science.

Grooming is the secret of real elegance. The best clothes, the most wonderful jewels, the most glamorous beauty don't count without good grooming.

My mother got pregnant with me at the age of fifteen. This was '64, and unheard of at that time.

Advice is like castor oil — easy enough to give but dreadful hard to take.

She was all he wanted. He would give everything for her. Without thought. Without regret.

With respect to physical existence, one needs little, and to the degree that one needs less, the more perfect one is.