Paul Kretchmer

“A nation is not conquered until the hearts of its women are on the ground. Then its finished; no matter how brave its warriors or how strong their weapons.”
― Cheyenne Proverb

“Sure, I was poor. But barbecue has never been a rich man’s pleasure. It’s always been a culture of thrift. It’s a poor, rural cuisine based on the leanest, throwaway cuts of the animal being cooked until edible with a fuel that can be picked up off the ground (at least it used to be).”
― Aaron Franklin, Franklin Barbecue: A Meat-Smoking Manifesto [A Cookbook]

“Student is not a container you have to fill but a torch you have to light up.”
― Albert Einstein, Ideas and Opinions

“The one and only true freedom we ALL possess is what we think; and our intentions govern what we think.”
― Bryant McGill, Voice of Reason