When I was young, I said to God, 'God, tell me the mystery of the universe.' But God answered, 'that knowledge is for me alone.' So I said, 'God, tell me the mystery of the peanut.' Then God said, 'Well, George, that's more nearly your size.'"

"Where there is no vision, there is no hope."

God gave them [the discoveries] to me; how can I sell them to someone else?

"Not only have I found that when I talk to the little flower or to the little peanut they will give up their secrets, but I have found that when I silently commune with people they give up their secrets also -- if you love them enough."

"He who puts . . . a product upon the market as it demands, controls that market, regardless of color. It is simply a survival of the fittest."