Down South, even our vegetables have some pig hidden somewhere in it. A vegetable isn't a vegetable without a little ham hock.

I don't care what the haters and naysayers say. If they make jokes about me, I'll laugh because they'll probably be funny.

Life is too short to wonder where you hid your waffle maker.

I am proof that the American dream still exists.

I was determined to share my positive approach and not let diabetes stand in the way of enjoying my life.

Change doesn’t happen overnight. It starts with the desire, then one small step in the right direction.

I am proud to be a Southerner. I think Southern hospitality is very... I don't think it's just a term. I think it really exists. You can come to Savannah, and the people are so sweet and so nice.

I will never use a substitute for butter. Margarine is one molecule away from eating plastic.

Growing up, I had a very busy social life. It wasn't until I was a sophomore in high school that I asked Mama if I could come into the kitchen and have her teach me how to cook something.

I don't want to spend my life not having good food going into my pie hole. That hole was made for pies.

A balanced diet is a cookie in both hands.

…what else do we have to ensure our sanity except our love for something beyond ourselves―our love for our families, our love for our fatherland?

The only people who have quick answers don't have the responsibility of making the decisions.

A goal without a plan is a wish. What's your plan? It's on you, because you have to do all the work.

We can never at any time absorb more love than we're ready for.

My whole family is very artistic - my uncles are all actors and theatre directors.

We will destroy laughing, we will set fires laughing, we will kill laughing... and society will fall!!

The sort of liveliness which increases with age is not far distant from madness.

It had always been a British preoccupation to hold this mile record.

Anger or revolt that does not get into the muscles remains a figment of the imagination.

When I was little, I always used to like to tell stories cuz it was entertaining to people.