Paula Deen

The first thing I did was give up sweet tea because I drank so much. I'd start drinking at lunchtime and wouldn't…

— Paula Deen

I'm so glad I'm not a dentist. How many times does someone say, 'Oh, Doc, it felt so good when you were…

— Paula Deen

I found that when I went from Albany to Savannah, that I needed to put that white rice away, and I needed…

— Paula Deen

A balanced diet is a cookie in both hands.

— Paula Deen

Stone-ground grits are wonderful, but because they take so long to cook, I usually go with quick cooking grits - which I…

— Paula Deen

Change doesn’t happen overnight. It starts with the desire, then one small step in the right direction.

— 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…

— Paula Deen

Down South, even our vegetables have some pig hidden somewhere in it. A vegetable isn't a vegetable without a little ham hock.

— Paula Deen

It's amazing how good getting up and moving makes you feel.

— Paula Deen

You can have diabetes and have a piece of cake. You cannot have diabetes and eat a whole cake.

— 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…

— Paula Deen

“You know, I am so sick of cuttin' on my television and everyone on it is obsessed with livin' forever. Well, I…

— Paula Deen

I wake up every morning happy for where I am in life. It's not all about the cooking, but the fact that…

— Paula Deen

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;…

— Paula Deen

You can't make stuffing with sweet cornbread.

— Paula Deen

I am living proof that the American dream still exists. It is still alive and well. There is only one trick, you…

— 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…

— Paula Deen

You know, I understand that a lot of people, especially up north, put fruits and nuts in their stuffing, which is good,…

— Paula Deen

You don't want to make a steady diet of just lettuce. You don't want to make a steady diet of fried chicken.

— Paula Deen

Don't ever give up. You can't let discouragement get you down. You can always find negative people that will try to discourage…

— Paula Deen

I is what I is, and I'm not changing,

— Paula Deen

On my show I share all these yummy, fattening recipes, but I tell people, in moderation, in moderation. You can have that…

— Paula Deen

Working with family is probably one of the hardest things in business, but it can also be one of the most rewarding.…

— Paula Deen

“I is what I is.”

— Paula Deen