I'm so glad I'm not a dentist. How many times does someone say, 'Oh, Doc, it felt so good when you were drilling my teeth'? Never. But when you give someone a wonderful cookie, you put a little of yourself in, and you see someone's face light up - that's immediate approval.

I am proof that the American dream still exists.

Change doesn’t happen overnight. It starts with the desire, then one small step in the right direction.

Chicken breast is the driest, [most] tasteless part of the chicken as far as I'm concerned.

When it's said and done, the one thing I want to leave on this earth is hope. I have felt hopelessness, and it's a terrible feeling. Hopelessness will destroy you. I want to bring hope to other people.

Onions and bacon cooking up just makes your kitchen smell so good. In fact, one day I'm going to come up with a room deodorizer that smells like bacon and onions. It's a fabulous smell.

Southerners have never been afraid of seasoning. It's kind of the other way around; our seasoning is afraid of us.