I almost never make stuff out of cookbooks because they're either too complicated or there's an ingredient in there that I can't find.

What's meant to be will always find a way.

When you're sick, nobody takes care of you like your mom.

There's an energy about Nashville that I love and I miss. And it's so awesome right now. It has a new energy that's so cool.

We sat together as a family for dinner at night. And my mother had a job. My dad had a job. But there was always a meal on the table at 6:00, you know.

Music is my No. 1 passion. If you made me choose between music and food, it's definitely music.

My upbringing did not create a healthy affection for confrontation. I'd love it if everyone always got along, and nothing ever got tense.

I love potatoes - they're my favorite food.

It's cool when your husband starts to sing some old Merle Haggard song and I can pop in with a harmony and it doesn't sound too bad.

I don't spend time wondering what might be next; I just focus on trying to savor every day.

Nobody who cooks does it with full hair and makeup in front of a TV camera.

Don’t let the mind rule the heart.

The United States has the burden to lead for peace. And not just peace - we need peace with justice, a much harder goal.

You talk too much, you laugh too loud, and that's the price of love.

To enjoy a thing exclusively is commonly to exclude yourself from the true enjoyment of it.

Any man can learn anything he will, but no man can teach except to those who want to learn.

I call tennis the McDonald's of sport - you go in, they make a quick buck out of you, and you're out.

Who wants a world in which the guarantee that we shall not die of starvation entails the risk of dying of boredom?

Sniff books like perfumes and wear books like hats upon your crazy heads.

Einstein says common sense is just habit of thought. It's how we're used to thinking about things, but a lot of the time it just gets in the way.

Who's the other kid in the photo?' he asked. 'The sandy-haired guy.' Annabeth's expression tightened. Touchy subject. 'That's Luke,' she said. 'He's dead now.