I've always believed that if you had a fellow who works 150 percent of the time, he's going to beat a fellow who works something less than that.

I guess it is ironical that I have a chance to say to Jesse Jackson, 'You need to be mature. You need to be positive. You need to be bigger than the folks who are trying to tear you down.'

Jesse Jackson is not anti-Semitic, but in politics, you always get in trouble when you try to be cute.

I've always tried to set some kind of goal. I want to be better than anybody in the banking business, and when I ran the Highway Department in Georgia, I wanted it to be the best in the country. And of course, I have a high sense of public service.

A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool usually has his suspicions.

Country banks are more flexible in their lending policies than their city brethren are.