Jimmy Dean
11 quotes
Biography
Jimmy Ray Dean was an American country music singer, songwriter, television host, actor and businessman. He was the creator of the Jimmy Dean sausage brand as well as the spokesman for its TV commercials, and his likeness and voice continue to be used in advertisements after his death.
"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."
"God is bigger than people think."
"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."
"Poverty was the greatest motivating factor in my life."
"You gotta try your luck at least once a day, because you could be going around lucky all day and not even know it."
"Love is an ice cream sundae, with all the marvelous coverings. Sex is the cherry on top."
"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."
"Nobody, man or woman, has ever wrecked a good marriage."
"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."
"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."
"I went further on less talent than anyone, but I was a damned good entertainer."