Quotes by Paula Deen

“We were walking the floor. We werent cutting the TV off at all just hoping to get a glimpse of him.”

“We are our brothers keeper. Its going to be up to all of us.”

“Their space was very small ... so it was a real challenge.”

“Without a doubt, all of us are in the presence of the greatest humanitarian in the world.”

“It was hard to believe in our country in this day and age that these people were just trapped,”

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

In order to have good fried chicken, you should wash and season the bird the morning youre preparing it for dinner. Dont wait and do it right before you start cooking. Throw it in the refrigerator, seasoned, that morning, and give it a chance to soak up all the salt and pepper and goodness.

I am so blessed. Ive been way over-blessed. At 64 years old, I look forward to going to bed every night so I can wake up in the morning and see what blessing is going to come my way that day. Because you never, ever know what Gods got in store for you.

I will never use a substitute for butter. Margarine is one molecule away from eating plastic. If Im going to eat that type of food, its going to be the real deal.

Its amazing how good getting up and moving makes you feel.

The first thing I did was give up sweet tea because I drank so much. Id start drinking at lunchtime and wouldnt set it down until I went to bed. When you calculate how much empty calories and how much sugar I was consuming, it was staggering. So I havent had a glass of sweet tea in three years.

You dont want to make a steady diet of just lettuce. You dont want to make a steady diet of fried chicken.

I was determined to share my positive approach and not let diabetes stand in the way of enjoying my life.

I dont care what the haters and naysayers say. If they make jokes about me, Ill laugh because theyll probably be funny.