I was sixty-six years old. I still had to make a living. I looked at my social security check of 105 dollars and decided to use that to try to franchise my chicken recipe. Folks had always liked my chicken.

I think a dream is just a suggestion to start something out, do something.

One has to remember that every failure can be a stepping stone to something better.

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

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

No hours, nor amount of labor, nor amount of money would deter me from giving the best that there was in me.

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