
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.

I always hired widows with children, because they had to work and didn't have any foolishness about them.

There's something inside of me that makes me want to help people, especially people who are having difficulty of some kind.

Feed the poor and get rich or feed the rich and get poor.

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

A lot of learned men think people really are the food they've eaten.

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

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'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.

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

I've only had two rules: Do all you can and do it the best you can. It's the only way you ever get that feeling of accomplishing something.

To me, my recipes are priceless.