“Nothing gets my hackles up like being told I can't do something.” I CanMayberry Author:Lauren Mayberry
“Life's too short to be shoehorned into a box that isn't for you.” BoxesToo ShortLife's Too ShortMayberry Author:Lauren Mayberry
“It`s the prettiest place on the planet. My childhood was like a dream. It`s like the last Mayberry.” DreamLastsChildhoodPlanetsPrettiestMayberry Author:Greg Behrendt
“In 1986, when they made the TV movie, Return to Mayberry, Barney and Thelma Lou did get married!” MadeTvsReturnMarriedMayberry Author:Betty Lynn
“I'd been visiting Mount Airy every year for Mayberry Days. Twice when I was doing personal appearances, one in Alabama and once for Mayberry Days, my house in Los Angeles was robbed. I decided I didn't want to live there anymore, so I moved to Mount Airy, and I am so glad I did!” WantYearsHouseDecidedMovedAppearanceGladLos AngelesVisitingAlabamaAiryPersonal AppearanceMayberry Author:Betty Lynn
“I love Mayberry! The people here are wonderful! When I'm at the grocery store people come up and hug me. Friends pick me up and take me for rides on the Blue Ridge Parkway and I always love that.” PeopleWonderfulPicksBlueCome UpStoresTake MeHugGroceriesGrocery StoresRidgesPick MePick Me UpHug MeMayberry Author:Betty Lynn
“People of a certain age look back on the Mayberry of 'The Andy Griffith Show' and become almost as homesick for that simple fictional hamlet as they do for their own home towns.” PeopleLooksShowsHomeAgeCertainSimpleTownsHomesickHome TownAndy Griffith ShowMayberry Author:Tom Shales
“One: Don't play leapfrog with elephants. Two: Don't pet a tiger unless his tail is wagging. Three: Never, ever, mess with the Ladies Auxiliary. -Mayberry Rules for a Long, Happy Life” LongTwoPlayThreeMessPetHappy LifeTailsElephantsTigersMayberry Author:Lauren Myracle
“There is no precedent in any modern White House for what is going on in this one: a complete lack of a policy apparatus. What you’ve got is everything - and I mean everything - being run by the political arm. It’s the reign of the Mayberry Machiavellis.” MeanRunningPoliticalHouseWhiteModernPolicyArmsWhite HouseReignPrecedentMayberry Author:John DiIulio
“I wanted to prove that I could play something else, but there were 249 episodes out there of 'Mayberry,' and it was aired every day. It was hard to escape.” HardPlayWantedProveEpisodesMayberry Author:Andy Griffith
“When a man carries a gun all the time, the respect he thinks he's getting might really be fear. So I don't carry a gun because I don't want the people of Mayberry to fear a gun. I'd rather they respect me.” PeopleThinkingMenWantMightFearWeaponsRespectGunComedianCarrieRespect MeMayberry Author:Andy Griffith
“You can't TV surf without coming across an Andy of Mayberry episode where you've just got to watch Don as Barney. And that's why I put Don in several of my movies.” WatchesTvsEpisodesSurfingSurfMayberry Author:Tim Conway