I never think about prayin' till I git into a tight place.

It stan's to reason that the Lord don't want people comin' to him to do things that they can do theirselves.

I shouldn't pray for breath; I sh'd jest h'ist the winder.

If I wanted a bucket o' water, I sh'd go for it.

If a man's got common sense, and a pair o' hands, he hain't no business to be botherin' other folks till he gits into what he can't git out of.