The Best Paula Deen quotes

Love is like smiling, it never fades and is contagious. — Paula Deen

Love is blind, but marriage is a real eye–opener. — Paula Deen

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

You know, I understand that a lot of people, especially up north, put fruits and nuts in their stuffing, which is good, but for myself personally, I love an old–timey savory dressing. — Paula Deen

Would I have fired me? Knowing me? No. — Paula Deen

You know, nobody can ever cook as good as your mama. — Paula Deen

I know I can cook, but the place where I cook… it’s a mess! I’m very disorganized. — Paula Deen

I really didn’t have an interest in being in the kitchen until after I was married, when I was 18. It didn’t take me long to realize that Mama was not going to show up at my house every day and cook. — Paula Deen

You know, not everybody can afford to pay $58 for prime rib or $650 for a bottle of wine. My friends and I cook for regular families who worry about feeding their kids and paying the bills. — Paula Deen

Life is too short to wonder where you hid your waffle maker. — Paula Deen

I don’t want to spend my life not having good food going into my pie hole. That hole was made for pies. — Paula Deen

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

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

I believe that… every one of God’s creatures was created equal. I believe that everyone should be treated equal, that’s the way I was raised and that’s the way I live my life. — Paula Deen

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

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

Cooking has always brought me a happiness that I didn’t think was available. I just fire up the stove, and things start to fade away. — Paula Deen

Stone–ground grits are wonderful, but because they take so long to cook, I usually go with quick cooking grits–which I also love. But I never make the instant kind–some things a Southerner just won’t do! — Paula Deen

People see me on TV two and three times a day, and see me cooking all these wonderfully Southern, fattening dishes. That’s only 30 days out of 365. And it’s for entertainment. — Paula Deen

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. — Paula Deen

I will never use a substitute for butter. Margarine is one molecule away from eating plastic. If I’m going to eat that type of food, it’s going to be the real deal. — Paula Deen

There’s not one food that causes diabetes. What causes Type II diabetes is being overweight… I’ve just come to grips, over the past four or five months, with my diabetes. — Paula Deen

I’m so thankful. God has been so good and generous. — Paula Deen

I is what I is, and I’m not changing. — Paula Deen

There’s so much going on. I almost never have a moment. — Paula Deen

I’ve got two vices: cigarettes and taters. — Paula Deen

I am proud to be a Southerner. — Paula Deen