I like to do special things for people. Any time someone has a birthday, I make them a really special cake that they all seem to love - it's a Coca-Cola cake.

There is a tradition in Southern cooking of recipes handed down for generations. And when I make my grandmother's strawberry pie I feel her right with me.

I have so many just precious, fond memories that revolve around food, and that's why I have such a passion for it.

It's so important in marriage to let the little things go and let the pride go. Forgiveness is so important, and communication. Don't major on the minors.

My personal decorating style is cozy, romantic and a little rustic, with a sense of whimsy.

Religion of the Self [Soul] is that where no difficulty or trouble arises for anyone or any living being of ‘our’ own accord.

I can feel everything. And I want to keep feeling everything. Even the painful, awful, terrible things. Because feeling things is what lets us know that we're alive.

Or maybe, he thought, returning to the boxes, it was part of being Catholic--you were made to feel guilty about everything

Biomimicry is basically taking a design challenge and then finding an ecosystem that's already solved that challenge, and literally trying to emulate what you learn.

In the druidical religion of liberalism, not separating your recyclables is a sin, but abortion is just a medical procedure.

The greatest antidote in the world for grief is work, and the necessity of work.

The mind goes on working no matter how we try to hold it back.

Taxes are a penalty on progress.

Resident mockery, give us an hour for magic.

Innovation is usually the result of connections of past experiences. But if you have the same experiences as everyone else, you are unlikely to look in a different direction.