Fannie Flagg quotes

Fannie Flagg is a renowned American actress, author, and comedian best known for her novel "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe." Born Patricia Neal, she adopted the pen name Fannie Flagg during her early career in showbiz. With a knack for storytelling and humor, Flagg has captured the hearts of readers worldwide. Her Southern charm and wit shine through in her writing, making her books a delightful read for fans of heartwarming tales. Explore the world of Fannie Flagg and get lost in her captivating stories today!

Your mother formed an incorrect opinion of you and, naturally, you agreed with her. Children always think their parents are right. But in this case, your mother was entirely wrong. Think about it.

- Fannie Flagg

You may not be the person your mother wants you to be, but you are you. Our job here is to try and separate the wheat from the chaff and figure out who you are and not who your mother thinks you are.

- Fannie Flagg

When you live long enough to see your children begin to look at you with different eyes, and you can look at them not as your children, but as people, it’s worth getting older with all the creaks and wrinkles.

- Fannie Flagg

They say the truth can set you free, but sometimes it can really depress the hell out of you.

- Fannie Flagg

I just think humiliation really causes more harm than maybe being physically beaten.

- Fannie Flagg

Being a successful person is not necessarily defined by what you have achieved, but by what you have overcome.

- Fannie Flagg

They say envy is a coal that comes hot and hissing straight from hell.

- Fannie Flagg

There's not enough darkness in the entire universe to snuff out the light of just one little candle.

- Fannie Flagg

Taste doesn’t cost a dime, but if you don’t have it, you can’t buy it for a million dollars.

- Fannie Flagg

It's good to spread your luck around and it always comes back to you.

- Fannie Flagg

It's always the darkest just before the glorious dawn.

- Fannie Flagg

If you did tell the truth or if you didn’t, there were always consequences.

- Fannie Flagg

Don't give up before the miracle happens.

- Fannie Flagg

You never know what's in a person's heart until they're tested, do you?

- Fannie Flagg

You know, a heart can be broken, but it keeps on beating, just the same.

- Fannie Flagg

The ones that hurt the most always say the least.

- Fannie Flagg

People cain't help being what they are any more than a skunk can help being a skunk. Don't you think if they had their choice they would rather be something else? Sure they would. People are just weak.

- Fannie Flagg

No matter what you look like, there's somebody who's gonna think you're the handsomest man in the world.

- Fannie Flagg

It's funny, when you're a child you think time will never go by, but when you hit about twenty, time passes like you're on the fast train to Memphis. I guess life just slips up on everybody. It sure did on me.

- Fannie Flagg

If you cage a wild thing, you can be sure it will die, but if you let it run free, nine times out of ten it will run back home.

- Fannie Flagg

I wonder how many people don’t get the one they want, but end up with the one they’re supposed to be with.

- Fannie Flagg

I believe in God, but I don't think you have to go crazy to prove it.

- Fannie Flagg

Are you a politician or does lying just run in your family?

- Fannie Flagg

If you do everything in your power to avoid writing and still can't, then you must be a writer.

- Fannie Flagg

Remember if people talk behind your back, it only means you are two steps ahead.

- Fannie Flagg

Strangely enough, the first character in Fried Green Tomatoes was the cafe, and the town. I think a place can be as much a character in a novel as the people.

- Fannie Flagg

Being an only child and losing both my parents at an early age, I have found that the friends I have made over the years are the people who help me get through life, good times and bad.

- Fannie Flagg

Remember if people talk behind your back, it only means you're two steps ahead!

- Fannie Flagg