I made a resolve then that I was going to amount to something if I could. And no hours, nor amount of labor, nor amount of money would deter me from giving the best that there was in me. And I have done that ever since, and I win by it. I know.

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.

I'm too drunk to taste this chicken

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

There's no reason to be the richest man in the cemetery. You can't do any business from there.