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

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

It came to me that the one thing I could do was cook. And I figured I couldn't do any worse than the people running these places around town.

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

I could see it wasn't going to be easy. I couldn't give a franchise to any old greasy spoon. And I knew the chicken had to be cooked the way I told them to cook it if it was going to be as popular as it could be.

I've got no idea when I am going to retire. Whenever they pick me up and take me to the funeral home, I guess.