Jimmy Dean Quotes & Sayings
Enjoy the top 22 famous quotes, sayings and quotations by Jimmy Dean.
Famous Quotes By Jimmy Dean
Do what you say you're going to do. And try to do it a little bit better than you said you would. — Jimmy Dean
I used to help my granddaddy make sausage. He would mix it up in a cleaned-out washtub with his hands, no gloves. Man, if we did anything like that today, they would jack the jail up and throw us under it. — Jimmy Dean
I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. — Jimmy Dean
Love is an ice cream sundae, with all the marvelous coverings. Sex is the cherry on top. — Jimmy Dean
Above all, be true to yourself, and if you cannot put your heart in it, take yourself out of it. — Jimmy Dean
I think the kids in school that laughed at the clothes that we wore and the house that we lived in, and then my mother had to cut hair ... I think that was a good motivator. Every time they laughed at me, they just built a fire, and there was only one way to put it out - to try and show 'em I was as good as they were. — Jimmy Dean
You gotta try your luck at least once a day, because you could be going around lucky all day and not even know it. — Jimmy Dean
Sausage is a great deal like life. You get out of it about what you put into it. — Jimmy Dean
I've seen so many people in this business that made a fortune. They get old and broke and can't make any money. I tell you something ... no one's going to play a benefit for Jimmy Dean. — Jimmy Dean
I was a hard-workin' little boy. Oh, I worked. Pullin' cotton, shockin' grain, cuttin' wheat, loadin' wheat, choppin' cotton, cleanin' chicken houses, milkin' cows, plowin'. — Jimmy Dean
When I was a kid, I used to think, 'Man, if I could ever afford all the ice cream I want to eat, that's as rich as I ever want to be.' — Jimmy Dean
I made more money yesterday than I ever thought I'd make in an entire lifetime. But it's like somebody's going to take it all away from me and I'll be back in Texas, installing them damned irrigation wells. I didn't like that when I was sixteen. And I know I wouldn't like it when I'm eighty. — Jimmy Dean
I've seen a jillion miracles. They're all around. Every green leaf is a miracle. — Jimmy Dean
God is bigger than people think. — Jimmy Dean
I went further on less talent than anyone, but I was a damned good entertainer. — Jimmy Dean
Somebody said he came from New Orleans, where he got in a fight over a Cajun queen. And a crushing blow from a huge right hand, sent a Louisiana fella to the Promised Land. — Jimmy Dean
A lot of things I am, and a lot of things I am not. But I think I'm about as good an American as there is. I love this country. It's been very, very good to me. And it will be good to anybody if they are willing to give of themselves. — Jimmy Dean
Be yourself. Because if people don't like you as you are, they're not going to like you as somebody you're trying to be. — Jimmy Dean
I won't go hunting with you, Jake, but I'll go chasing women. — Jimmy Dean