“He ain't big and he ain't strong, but that boy's got a by-God streak of fight in him. And he was going to need it.”

“Everybody's lookin for God everywhere on the outside. He ain't in no book, and He ain't in no preacher, and He ain't in nothin or no one on the outside. You got to go inside 'cause that's where God is- in the deepest place inside you. And ain't nobody gon' make God tell you nothin. Ain't nobody gon' have no wisdome 'bout nothin if they thinks they can read 'bout it or hear about it from some man or woman. That got to come from revelation. That got to come from the Holy Spirit inside us, and that ain't somethin that can be bargained for. You can't achieve revelation. You can't work for what's free.”

“But it ain't easy, trying to do without God even if you know he ain't there, trying to do without him is a strain”

“He musta thought it was white boy day. It ain't white boy day, is it?”

“An actor is a guy who, if you ain't talking about him, he ain't listening!”

“Let him ride a horse. He's a cowboy ain't he?”