"I had no idea that I would be so successful. I honestly thought I was just doing my job."

"I've always been an optimist."

"When we're thinking small, that's another thing we're always on the lookout for: big egos. You don't have to have a small ego to work here, but you'd better know how to make it look small, or you migh…"

"I do admit to worrying sometimes about future generations of the Waltons. I know it's unrealistic of me to expect them all to get up and throw paper routes, and I know it's something I can't control."

"I was never afraid to try new things."