“The family has always been at the center of Appalachian life”
“I believe we hillbillies are the toughest goddamn people on this earth”
“The American dream of today is not about a house with a white picket fence”
“Whenever people ask me what I'd most like to change about the white working class, I say, ...”
“There are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them. But t...”
“Be the person that when your feet touch the floor in the morning, the devil says, “Awe s...”
“Everything alters me, but nothing changes me.”
“There are two kinds of pain in this world. The pain that hurts, the pain that alters.”
“Doors will slam in your face. You must pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and knock agai...”
“You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards....”
“Love never keeps a man from pursuing his destiny.”
“Life isn’t how many breaths you take, but it’s the moments that take your breath away.”
“You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow th...”
“Money and success don’t change people; they merely amplify what is already there.”
