Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting over.

I wish I could make him understand that a loving good heart is riches enough, and that without it intellect is poverty.

I felt it was my duty to praise all of God's works with fervent enthusiasm. At the same time I killed flies in my house in a spirit of hatred, exasperation and contempt. My praise to God for all his works was dishonest, the act of killing the fly was honest.

I am an anti-imperialist. I am opposed to having the eagle put its talons on any other land.

But that's always the way; it don't make no difference whether you do right or wrong, a person's conscience ain't got no sense, and just goes for him anyway. If I had a yaller dog that didn't know no more than a person's conscience does I would pison him. It takes up more room than all the rest of a person's insides, and yet ain't no good, nohow.

I'm pushing 60 years of age...and that's enough exercise for me.

I found out that I was a Christian for revenue only and I could not bear the thought of that, it was so ignoble.