Cracker Barrel Quotes & Sayings

There is a line from Dante that says, "The arrow seen before cometh less rudely." President John F. Kennedy put one aspect of the same thought into one of his state of the union messages this way: "The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining." The Boy Scouts say it best of all: "Be prepared." That isn't just cracker-barrel wisdom with us; it is theology. "If ye are prepared ye shall not fear." (D&C 38:30) — Jeffrey R. Holland

This is not how people behave in a Cracker Barrel! — Molly Harper

And father said "I never wanted this. I'm sick of everyone pretending to be old Dan Beavers in his L. L. Bean moccasins, and his Dubbelwares, and his Japanese bucksaw -- all these fake frontiersmen with their chuck wagons full of Twinkies and Wonderbread and aerosol cheese spread. Get out the Duraflame log and the plastic cracker barrel, Dan, and let's talk self-sufficiency! — Paul Theroux

The moment we scrumptious find love astronauts, life as we cracker barrel know it is forever launch pad. — Isabel Yosito

We are paid for our daily labors by the pennies and dollars; we are paid in respect and gratitude when those labors consist of good deeds. — Charles Cross

Cracker Barrel's dining room bustled with activity. Joan had to raise her voice to be heard by Eve, who sat at the — Virginia Smith

I can cook about two things. I can boil hot water for the only pasta I can make. — Drew Barrymore

You can get a bit 'head in the clouds' - well, I do - and full of myself if I stick in front of the camera for too long. I forget there is hard work that needs to be done. — Tom Goodman-Hill

You know how Mexican restaurants always have "border" in the name: Border Grill, Border Cafe. You wouldn't do that to black people: Kunta's Kitchen or Shackles. They don't do it to white people. You don't see the Honkey Grill, the Cracker Barrel ... oh, nevermind. — George Lopez

Dora sat on a corner of the spread rug, longing to be assigned some task so she could resent it. — Shirley Hazzard

The notion that every choice you make means that other possibilities are eliminated forever -- as a kid, I found that terrifying,' Joss recalled. 'As an adult, I still find it scary. — Amy Pascale

Will you ever run out of creative ideas and expressions? Ha! The more creative ideas you have, the more you will discover. Creativity is a tree with countless branches that never stop blossoming. — Alan Cohen

I've been a lot of places, and my wife, Denise, she likes a lot of the fancy restaurants. I'm more of a basic eater. I still go into Cracker Barrel. Those are the kind of people who like the kind of music I'm making. — Alan Jackson

Things get really dangerous when we start saying I'm the good one and you're the bad one. What happens in our world is that everyone is the good fighting the good because one side thinks they're the good and the other side's sure they're the good and they're both calling the other the evil. As far as I'm concerned, the only evil is what happens when that happens. — O.R. Melling

If Jem dies, I cannot be with Tessa," said Will. "Because it will be as if I were waiting for him to die, or took some joy in his death, if it let me have her. And I will not be that person. I will not profit from his death. So he must live." He lowered his arm, his sleeve bloody. "It is the only way any of this can ever mean anything. Otherwise it is only - "
"Pointless, needless suffering and pain? I don't suppose it would help if I told you that was the way life is. The good suffer, the evil flourish, and all that is mortal passes away," Magnus said.
"I want more than that," said Will. "You made me want more than that. You showed me I was only ever cursed because I had chosen to believe myself so. You told me there was possibility, meaning. And now you would turn your back on what you created. — Cassandra Clare

When you're a kid, you're not as corrupted by the world at large. You're not corrupted by prejudices. You're much more open-minded. Much more interested in the world around you. 'Sweet Tooth' is about the world returning to that kind of place. — Jeff Lemire

I'm not stingy. I'm just afraid of being an easy mark. People wouldn't have money long if they didn't ask how much things cost. — Doris Duke

I can't even remember when I first went, 'I want to be an actress.' It's always been inside of me. — Olivia DeJonge

This was because I was not the kind of girl who ever got to feel full. I knew that. I just had to learn to stop forgetting — Kristen Ashley

I've had some terrible jobs, but working in a kitchen at Cracker Barrel is probably the worst I've ever had. I was a grill cook - awful! It wasn't the smell, it was the people. The music, too. We had to be 'country fresh,' so they played this terrible country music eight hours during the shift. It was a bleak existence - a very dark time. — Brittany Howard

If you look to anyone to satisfy your longing, you will think you need something more than him and what he has made you to be complete and at peace. The expectation of fulfillment in relationships will always fail you, and you will hold grievances that darken your world. You will become blind to the light that guides to the narrow path. You were taught this on the mountain alone, and yet among others you forget. — Ted Dekker

Larry the Cable Guy has signed a deal with Cracker Barrel. Not the store. He signed a deal with a barrel full of angry rednecks. — Andy Kindler

I only see people taking their pickup trucks to Cracker Barrel. My brother Mike, like many other pickup owners, never seems to be picking anything up with his pickup. I find this confusing. It's like walking around with a big empty piece of luggage: 'Are you about to travel somewhere?' 'No, but I'm the type of guy who would. — Jim Gaffigan

Keller has long believed that you have to be lucky to be good, but not good to be lucky. — Don Winslow