It’s funny, most people can be around someone and then gradually begin to love them and never know exactly when it happened

Remember, if people talk about you behind your back, it only means you are two steps ahead of them.

Strangely enough, the first character in Fried Green Tomatoes was the cafe, and the town. I think a place can be as much a character in a novel as the people.

Being a successful person is not necessarily defined by what you have achieved, but by what you have overcome.

I wonder how many people don't get the one they want, but end up with the one they're supposed to be with.

Don't give up before the miracle happens.

You're just a bee charmer, Idgie Threadgoode. That's what you are, a bee charmer.

Being an only child and losing both my parents at an early age, I have found that the friends I have made over the years are the people who help me get through life, good times and bad.

You know, a heart can be broken, but it keeps on beating, just the same.

The food in the South is as important as food anywhere because it defines a person's culture.

You never know what's in a person's heart until they're tested, do you?

In order to disprove the assertion that all crows are black, one white crow is sufficient.

People who live according to the way of the world always complain about their lives

Not the eyes, but the heart sees the beauty.

There's a time when a man needs to fight and a time when he needs to accept that his destiny's lost, the ship has sailed and that only a fool will continue. The truth is I've always been a fool.

No star is ever lost we once have seen We always may be what we might have been.

Joy is the life of man's life.

Real change agents comprise less than 10% of all business people.

Michael Moore became an industry hero and the most visible symbol of the Hollywood left.

As a leader you have to recognize that it all starts with you: your attitude, your commitment, your caring, your passion.

President Bush's mercury rule is a gift to the big energy companies that helped put him in office