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.

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

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?

Are you a politician or does lying just run in your family?

True ideas seem to suffer from repetition, while stupid ones tend to flourish.

Even intellectuals should have learned by now that objective rationality is not the default position of the human mind, much less the bedrock of human affairs.

Thanks To Those People Who Give A Taste Of Right Ways. ” - Zia Mustafa

Change or you will be changed: leaders who neglect the good of their people will be forsaken. Leadership is a service, not a gateway to privilege.

Fear is a fickle friend who will loyally stand by your side as long as you allow it to diminish you.

Victory is everything. You can spend the money but you can never spend the memories.

Whoever is not too wise is wise. [Lat., Quisquis plus justo non sapit, ille sapit.]

Brief let me be. The fewer words the better prayer.

I went to business school but left after four months because I just didn't want to be a puppet of society, stuck in an office, craving some sunlight.

The person who makes promises to everyone ultimately pleases no one.