Don Knotts left [Andy Griffith Show] to pursue a movie career, so once he was gone I left too.

Don Knotts won five Emmy Awards for Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actor or Actress in a Series [in Andy Griffith Show] in 1961, 1962, 1963, 1966 and 1967.

I love Mayberry! The people here are wonderful! When I'm at the grocery store people come up and hug me. Friends pick me up and take me for rides on the Blue Ridge Parkway and I always love that.

Andy [Griffith] and I spoke on the phone not too long before he died. I told him I loved him and he told me he loved me. He was a wonderful man.

I love to meet people for lunch at my favorite restaurant, the Loaded Goat. It is named after the Andy Griffith Show episode where a goat ate a bunch of dynamite.

We actually grew closer as friends years later when we started doing personal appearances together. I stayed in touch with Andy [Griffith] and Don [Knotts] until they passed away.

I still stay in touch with Elinor Donahue. I've known Elinor since she was 14-years-old.

George Lindsay who played Goober thought Andy Griffith Show limited his career.

In 1986, when they made the TV movie, Return to Mayberry, Barney and Thelma Lou did get married!

The most famous and one of the most thoroughgoing opponents of bank credit was Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson reacted to the panic of 1819 as a confirmation of his pessimistic views on banks.

I feel blessed. I never wanted to be an actor. It just happened all by chance and fate. I was studying to be a teacher.

Civility, politeness, it's like a cement in a society: binds it together. And when we lose it, then I think we all feel lesser and slightly dirty because of it.

Fool that I am," said he,"that I did not tear out my heart the day I resolved to revenge myself".

Strange how few, After alls said and done, the things that are Of moment.

My first rule - the golden rule - ensures that over the economic cycle the Government will borrow only to invest, and that current spending will be met from taxation.

Spiritual consciousness does not make your problems go away; it does, however, help you view them from a different vantage point.

Inspiration without action is really entertainment. So while something can be very inspiring it is not transformative until you actually do something with it.

Hopefully women can work with [Ivanka Trump ] to influence up the chain of command. I think it's good for us, for women. It's a glimmer of hope.

This brought on the news media, TV crews, interviews, and numerous public appearances.