Quote

I am proud to be a Southerner. I think Southern hospitality is very... I don't think it's just a term. I think it really exists. You can come to Savannah, and the people are so sweet and so nice.

Paula Deen

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Paula Deen
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: January 19
Actor
Businessperson
Chef
Film Actor
Restaurateur
Albany
Georgia
Paula Ann Hiers Deen
Come
Southerner
Really
Hospitality
Think
Southern
Thinking
Exists
People
Sweet
Proud
Nice
Deen
Term
Savannah

More quotes by Paula Deen

Image
I am proof that the American dream still exists.
Paula Deen
Image
I'm so thankful. God has been so good and generous.
Paula Deen
Image
It's amazing how good getting up and moving makes you feel.
Paula Deen
Image
I know I can cook, but the place where I cook... it's a mess! I'm very disorganized.
Paula Deen
Image
I love Hershey's chocolate. I feel the same about chocolate as I do about wine. Connoisseurs like dark chocolate and they like nasty wine that doesn't taste good to me. I don't get it!
Paula Deen
Image
I'm making little changes in my life to take care of myself, like putting in a mile or two on my treadmill every day.
Paula Deen
Image
I will never use a substitute for butter. Margarine is one molecule away from eating plastic.
Paula Deen
Image
Growing up, I had a very busy social life. It wasn't until I was a sophomore in high school that I asked Mama if I could come into the kitchen and have her teach me how to cook something.
Paula Deen
Image
I am living proof that the American dream still exists. It is still alive and well. There is only one trick, you have to be willing to roll up your sleeves and work very, very hard.
Paula Deen
Image
I pay people very, very well - probably more than I have to. But that costs me less money in the long run because I'm not having to constantly train somebody. I pay them enough that they don't go seeking a higher scale at the next restaurant.
Paula Deen
Image
I am proud to be a Southerner.
Paula Deen
Image
I can't, myself, determine what offends another person.
Paula Deen
Image
I have my new food line in the works - I think it's over 200 items. Hopefully I can make a difference it's delicious food that's just so easy. I think it'll help people enjoy their lives... it's good!
Paula Deen
Image
I was determined to share my positive approach and not let diabetes stand in the way of enjoying my life.
Paula Deen
Image
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.
Paula Deen
Image
Everyday you wake up on the right side of the dirt is a good one.
Paula Deen
Image
You know, nobody can ever cook as good as your mama.
Paula Deen
Image
Well what I would really like is a bunch of little n***ers to wear long-sleeve white shirts, black shorts and black bow ties. You know, in the Shirley Temple days, they used to tap dance around. Now, that would be a true Southern wedding wouldn't it? But we can't do that because the media would be on me about that.
Paula Deen
Image
I think no matter what the occasion may be, you can never go wrong by showing up at the dinner table with a hot plate of fried chicken.
Paula Deen
Image
You never know who you will meet along life's journey. You have to be open to risks, but calculated risks, open to winning.
Paula Deen