You can have diabetes and have a piece of cake. You cannot have diabetes and eat a whole cake.

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.

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

Those of strong character and training are chosen by fate. They cannot help but rise to the forefront when their nations are troubled.

Tears are not a sign of weakness. They are a sign of compassion.

Every soldier thinks something of the moral aspects of what he is doing. But all war is immoral and if you let that bother you, you're not a good soldier.

The future is always a dystopia in movies.

Foster a curiosity for the uncommon, regardless of how unpopular it is. The uncommon is where opportunity likes to hide.

Industry, economy, honesty and kindness form a quartet of virtue that will never be improved upon.

Love like there's no tomorrow, and if tomorrow comes, love again.

Whatever notoriety Fall Out Boy used to have prevents me from having the ability to start over from the bottom again.

But logic is not all, one needs one's heart to follow an idea.

The worship of words is more pernicious than the worship of images. Grammatolatry is the worst species of idolatry.