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

You got to like your work. You have got to like what you are doing, you have got to be doing something worthwhile so you can like it - because it is worthwhile, that it makes a difference, don't you see?

I've read hundreds of cookbooks. Most of those cookbooks don't even tell you how to get a steak ready, how to bake biscuits or an apple pie.

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

I just say the moral out of my life is don't quit at age 65, maybe your boat hasn't come in yet. Mine hadn't.

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

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