You know, a heart can be broken, but it keeps on beating, just the same.

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.

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?

Fall several times doesn't matter, how many times you stand up matters

Your brain activates a magnificent system to store memories as reference points for you to learn from... not to create a past for you to be stuck in.

I'm going to be Dog, and I'm going to be an entertainer. And I'm going to make mistakes.

First, there must be talent. . .Then there must be discipline. . .Then there must be. . .and absolute conscience. . .to prevent faking.

Tolerance is the seed, and the gift of pure acceptance is the tree

Now is the time to scrub ideology out of the energy discussion, so we can make bi-partisan progress towards investing in a shared and better future.

Both biological and cultural diversity are now severely threatened and working for their preservation is a critical task.

Of course, there can be serious injustices within free societies.

I'm not sure what kept me from the mainstream. I thought it was because I was too hard to pin down genre-wise.

Stand up for the things that are right. Try to talk things out instead of fight.