I'll keep peace at all cost, even if I choke to death on my tongue.

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.

Human beings connect with a holy hug.

Sleeping is not a loss of consciousness, but it is a temporary loss of integration of awareness.

love canembellish its beginningsing its blossomingand engrave its eternitiesbut can never explain its loss.

Stay out of the court of self-judgment, for there is no presumption of innocence.

Hasn't it dawned on your twilight mind, even in the seconds span of a falling star, that you might be missing something more than your sleep?

The charm of your society, my Sparrow, lies in not knowing what you will say next – though one rapidly learns to expect the worst!

My prodigious sin was, and still is, being a non-conformist. Although I am not a Communist I refused to fall in line by hating them.

I didn't just grow up with horses; I wanted to be one.

I wanted to find a cave and hang out there for the rest of my life and be a cave painter and eat dirt.

Stevie Ray Vaughan was very intense. Maybe that's what caught everybody's attention. As a player, he didn't do anything amazing.