I used to help my granddaddy make sausage. He would mix it up in a cleaned-out washtub with his hands, no gloves. Man, if we did anything like that today, they would jack the jail up and throw us under it.

You gotta try your luck at least once a day, because you could be going around lucky all day and not even know it.

I've seen a jillion miracles. They're all around. Every green leaf is a miracle.

Poverty was the greatest motivating factor in my life.

Love is an ice cream sundae, with all the marvelous coverings. Sex is the cherry on top.

I won't go hunting with you, Jake, but I'll go chasing women.

Do what you say you're going to do. And try to do it a little bit better than you said you would.