Jimmy Dean Quotes

American - Actor August 10, 1928 - June 13, 2010

I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. - Jimmy Dean

I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. Jimmy Dean

Inspirational, Change, Wind, Destination

Love is an ice cream sundae, with all the marvelous coverings. Sex is the cherry on top. - Jimmy Dean

Love is an ice cream sundae, with all the marvelous coverings. Sex is the cherry on top. Jimmy Dean

Love, Love Is, Ice Cream, Sex, Top, Ice

Poverty was the greatest motivating factor in my life. - Jimmy Dean

Poverty was the greatest motivating factor in my life. Jimmy Dean

Motivational, Life, Poverty, My Life

Sausage is a great deal like life. You get out of it about what you put into it. - Jimmy Dean

Sausage is a great deal like life. You get out of it about what you put into it. Jimmy Dean

Life, Great, You, Deal, Like, Sausage

God is bigger than people think. - Jimmy Dean

God is bigger than people think. Jimmy Dean

God, Think, People, Bigger, Than

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

Man, Think, Rich, Ice Cream, Want, Kid

Do what you say you're going to do. And try to do it a little better than you said you would. Jimmy Dean

Better, You, Say, Said, Try, Going

Nobody, man or woman, has ever wrecked a good marriage. - Jimmy Dean

Nobody, man or woman, has ever wrecked a good marriage. Jimmy Dean

Marriage, Man, Woman, Good, Nobody, Ever

I went further on less talent than anyone, but I was a damned good entertainer. - Jimmy Dean

I went further on less talent than anyone, but I was a damned good entertainer. Jimmy Dean

Good, Talent, Less, Than, Further

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

Love, Good, I Am, Think, American, Me

My favorite song? 'Amazing Grace.' Anybody singing it. But the best it'll ever be done is by the Scottish National Pipe band and their National Orchestra. It'll bring tears to your eyes. Jimmy Dean

Best, Eyes, Amazing, Grace, Singing

Being a Baptist won't keep you from sinning, but it'll sure as hell keep you from enjoying it. Jimmy Dean

You, Hell, Being, Keep, Baptist, Sure

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

Day, Luck, Know, You, Lucky, Try

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

Chicken, Boy, Cotton, Cows, Oh, Little

You know you're getting old when you go to more funerals than you do weddings. Jimmy Dean

Know, You, Getting Old, Old, Go, More

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

Mother, Time, School, Fire, Good, Hair

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

Money, Me, Texas, Thought, Know, Back

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

Today, Man, Help, Hands, Jail, Like

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

Business, Money, People, Play, You, Tell

I loved music since the Seth Ward Baptist Church outside of Plainview. Jimmy Dean

Music, Loved, Church, Outside, Since

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