“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.”

“If you've ever made change in the offering plate, you might be a redneck.”

“If your neighbors think you're a detective because a cop always brings you home, you might be a redneck.”

“If you own a home with wheels on it and several cars without, you just might be a redneck.”

“You may be a redneck if... you have spent more on your pickup truck than on your education.”

“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.”

“I have never been jealous. Not even when my dad finished fifth grade a year before I did.”

“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.”

“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.'”

“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.”

“Nothing in life prepares you to be famous.”