I have never been jealous. Not even when my dad finished fifth grade a year before I did.Collection: Jealousy
My father-in-law gets up at 5 o'clock in the morning and watches the Discovery Channel. I don't know why there's this big rush to do this.Collection: Morning
If your neighbors think you're a detective because a cop always brings you home, you might be a redneck.Collection: Home
Nothing in life prepares you to be famous.Collection: Famous
If you own a home with wheels on it and several cars without, you just might be a redneck.Collection: Car
That's the great thing about a tractor. You can't really hear the phone ring.Collection: Great
We're all screwed up. And the way Christians mess things up is we act like we've got it going on. And if we would just stay in that place of, 'Hey, we're all screwed up and but for the grace of God, none of us have a shot here.' We need to have a sense of humor about it; that's kind of the way I've always faced my comedy.Collection: Humor
I say, If everybody in this house lives where it's God first, friends and family second and you third, we won't ever have an argument.Collection: Home
You may be a redneck if... you have spent more on your pickup truck than on your education.Collection: Education
If you ever start feeling like you have the goofiest, craziest, most dysfunctional family in the world, all you have to do is go to a state fair. Because five minutes at the fair, you'll be going, 'you know, we're alright. We are dang near royalty.'Collection: Family
Watching a baby being born is a little like watching a wet St. Bernard coming in through the cat door.
Look at where Jesus went to pick people. He didn't go to the colleges; he got guys off the fishing docks.
I used to say that whenever people heard my Southern accent, they always wanted to deduct 100 IQ points.
Little girls love dolls. They just don't love doll clothes. We've got four thousand dolls and ain't one of them got a stitch of clothes on.
The more excited the rooster gets, the higher his voice goes. He's got a little bit of a Barney Fife quality to him.
For the first time ever I was taking the family on the road. We stayed with my in-laws, which on life's list of experiences ranks right below sitting in a tub full of scissors.
I teach a Bible study for homeless guys in downtown Atlanta every week. Been doing it for years. That's the guys I'd rather go talk to. I'd rather take my act outside the church.
I turned down a movie this summer because it was nine weeks in Vancouver and my oldest daughter is 14. I've got four more summers with her. I'm not giving away nine weeks of her summer to go do a silly movie.
I tried real hard to play golf, and I was so bad at it they would have to check me for ticks at the end of the round because I'd spent about half the day in the woods.
My grandma's the most careful, safe driver in the world. You put her in a rental car, and she's doing doughnuts in the K-Mart parking lot!
Changing a diaper is a lot like getting a present from your grandmother - you're not sure what you've got but you're pretty sure you're not going to like it.
I've been to all 50 states, and traveled this whole country, and 90 percent of the people are good folks. The rest of them take after the other side of the family.
You might be a redneck if... the blue book value of your truck goes up and down depending on how much gas it has in it.
If you have a complete set of salad bowls and they all say Kool Whip on the side, you might be a redneck.
Find something in life that you love doing. If you make a lot of money, that's a bonus, and if you don't, you still won't hate going to work.
You know, I remember Career Day in high school. I remember plumbers and lawyers... I don't remember a booth where you could sign up to learn how to shoot chickens out of a cannon at the windshield of an airplane, 'cause there would have been a line at my school to do that!
When I first started out, being from the South and going to New York or Chicago, people kept telling me to get voice lessons and 'lose that stupid accent you got.' And I'm like, 'Well, where I come from, you have the stupid accent.'
The designated driver program, it's not a desirable job. But if you ever get sucked into doing it, drop them off at the wrong house.
I refuse to this day to do e-mail because everybody I know that does it, it takes another two or three hours a day. I don't want to give two or three more hours away.
People would say, Can we develop a sitcom around you? and I would say, Not interested. I'm very happy doing standup and writing and taking my kids to school.
My wife is so analytical with raising kids, and I am not. My feeling is if they turn out good, then that means I was a good daddy and put a lot of effort into it. If they turn out bad, it means they took after her side of the family.