Sacrifices have to be made if you want to make a dent in the world, and that's what I started out to do - to make a dent in pop culture.
One's mind has a way of making itself up in the background, and it suddenly becomes clear what one means to do.
I have known some quite good people who were unhappy, but never an interested person who was unhappy.
Congenial labor is the secret of happiness.
Congenial labor is essence of happiness.
The moment that any life, however good, stifles you, you may be sure it isn't your real life.
I think I feel rather differently about sympathy to what seems the normal view. I like just to feel it is there, but not always expressed.
You're almost always better off keeping your mouth shut, but don't let that stop you from popping off.
When you dance with the devil, you don't get to pick the tune.
There's no better way to mess up a good cowdog than to let him discover that goofing off beats the heck out of hard work.
I want to clear up a few myths about myself. People have written that I was a kindergarten teacher and a former Miss Texas, and neither is true.