The food I've liked in my time is American country cookin'.

The problem with getting older is you still remember how things used to be.

What could be better than to hold your hand out to people less fortunate than you are?

I'm like a good cheese. I'm just getting mouldy enough to be interesting.

A man can only be judged by his actions, and not by his good intentions or his beliefs.

When you see the right thing to do, you'd better do it.

If you have no enemies, you have no character. Taking a stand always creates opposition.

The best gift you can give yourself is the gift of possibility.

I've read hundreds of cookbooks. For my money, they are the bird.

I am not too proud of having my name associated with some of my restaurants.

Scientists are a bunch of romantics.

To me, my recipes are priceless.

Don’t be against things so much as for things.

A lot of learned men think people really are the food theyve eaten.

People are just like farm equipment. They rust out quicker than they wear out.

Hard work beats all the tonics and vitamins in the world.

My life isn't over and I'm not going to sit in a rocking chair and take money from the government.

The hard way builds solidly a foundation of confidence that cannot be swept away

Work is the basis of living. I'll never retire. A man'll rust out quicker than he'll wear out.