He had mourned each of those great trains as, one by one, they were pulled off the lines and left to rust in some yard, like old aristocrats, fading away; antique relics of times gone by.

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?

We look at your eyes. The eyes carry the wounds. The eyes know damage. Damaged people recognize other damaged people, and we let you in. We are kindred. - Broken Places

In time of war, it is not enough to say, ‘I am a citizen and I have rights.’ One must also say, ‘I am a citizen and I have obligations.

Either war is obsolete, or men are.

Dates are important in history because what is done on those dates is of importance

I was not an attractive child. When I didn't use my Girl Scouts uniform as a uniform, I used it as a tent.

Leadership is different from management, but not for the reasons most people think.

The life of Jesus is a life for others. It is a life of service.

I give extraordinary attention to military active duty, reserve and National Guard, and their families.

A counted number of pulses only is given to us of a variegated, dramatic life. How may we see in them all that is to to be seen in them by the finest senses?

How can you build a relationship when you're just sending out beats? Most people will come in and play their beats, but I like to make mine on the spot.