True line Quotes

Let reverence for the laws be breathed by

every American mother to the lisping babe that prattles on her lap

let it be taught in schools, in seminaries, and in colleges;

let it be written in primers, spelling books, and in almanacs;

let it be preached from the pulpit,

proclaimed in legislative halls,

and enforced in courts of justice.

Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered

either by themselves or by others.

Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care.

Don’t follow the path.

Go where there is no path and begin the trail.

People will not look forward to posterity

who never look backward to their ancestors.

If you don’t have a sense of humor,

you’re doomed.

Every child is an artist.

The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.

The educated Southerner has no use for an 'r',

except at the beginning of a word.

The best way to cheer yourself

up is to try to cheer somebody else up.

Morality is of the highest importance

but for us,

not for God.

History is the version of past events

that people have decided to agree upon.

You’re my boy,

Blue!

You find peace not by rearranging the circumstances of your life,

but by realizing who you are at the deepest level.

I hate to advocate drugs,

alcohol,

violence,

or insanity to anyone,

but they’ve always worked for me.

Good advice is always certain to be ignored,

but that’s no reason not to give it.

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves;

and under the rule of a just God,

cannot long retain it.

It is a great piece of folly to attempt to

make anything out of my early life.

Films are not written,

they’re realized through collaboration and imagination.

Courage is resistance to fear,

mastery of fear,

not absence of fear.

Books were my pass to personal freedom.

I learned to read at age three,

and soon discovered there was a whole world,

to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.