Julia Child Quotes

Of course I made many boo-boos. At first this broke my heart, but then I came to understand that learning how to fix one's mistakes, or live with them, was an important part of becoming a cook.

You never forget a beautiful thing that you have made. Even after you eat it, it stays with you - always.

The tomato hides its griefs. Internal damage is hard to spot.

My father was in real estate, banking, and land management. As family life, it was very conventional, happy, and comfortable. We weren't wealthy, but we were well-off.

Remember, you are all alone in the kitchen and no one can see you.

I still feel that French cooking is the most important in the world, one of the few that has rules. If you follow the rules, you can do pretty well.

Good french cooking cannot be produced by a zombie cook.

Tears mess up your makeup.

Any disaster is a learning process.

Without peanuts, it isn't a cocktail party.

It's a shame to be caught up in something that doesn't absolutely make you tremble with joy.

Pro-choice is the only way to be-- because women are human beings, after all, and should be treated as such.

There are reasons, and then there are excuses.

Sooner or later the public will forget you; the memory of you will fade. What's important are the individuals you've influenced along the way.

We should enjoy food and have fun. It is one of the simplest and nicest pleasures in life.

There is nothing nicer than a kitchen really made for a cook. Things that are designed to be used always have an innate beauty.

Too much trouble," "Too expensive," or "Who will know the difference" are death knells for good food.

I have trouble with toast. Toast is very difficult. You have to watch it all the time or it burns up.

If you are going to flip something, you must have the courage of your convictions.

Just how could a nation often be great if it's bread tastes want Kleenex.

Food like love is a deeply emotional matter.

Sometimes ... it takes me an entire day to write a recipe, to communicate it correctly. It's really like writing a little short story.

My, I get so depressed after a poor meal; that's why I can never stay in England for more than a week.

Wine is meant to be with food - that's the point of it.

We hit it off immediately, especially Helene, who was a 'swallow-life-in-big-gulps' kind of person.

But I was a pure romantic, and only operating with half my burners turned on.

I was kind of an innocent hayseed from a middle-class, utterly nonintellectual background.

My mother was independent. She had grown up in Dalton and Pittsfield, in western Massachusetts, and she was one of the first women drivers in that area.

I was a romantic, messy thinker. I was raised with very conservative beliefs, but that was a long time ago.

It's hard to imagine a civilization without onions; in one form or another their flavor blends into almost everything in the meal except the desert.

Was it a sign of Creeping Decrepitude?

I don't think about whether people will remember me or not. I've been an ok person. I've learned a lot. I've taught people a thing or two. That's what's important.

Celebrity has its uses. I can always get a seat in any restaurant.

We had a happy marriage because we were together all the time. We were friends as well as husband and wife. We just had a good time.

If you're in a good profession, it's hard to get bored, because you're never finished - there will always be work you haven't done.

I was a Republican until I got to New York and had to live on $18 a week. It was then that I became a Democrat.

I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help.

There is nothing worse than grilled vegetables.

No one's more important than people.

...the waiters carried themselves with a quiet joy, as if their entire mission in life was to make their customers feel comfortable and well tended.

Personally, I don't think pure vegetarianism is a healthy lifestyle. I've often wondered to myself: Does a vegetarian look forward to dinner, ever?

...operational proof...it's all theory until you see for yourself whether or not something works.

She was my first cat ever, and I thought she was marvelous.

Food, like the people who eat it, can be stimulated by wine or spirits. And, as with people, it can also be spoiled.

If you don't pick your audience, you're lost because you're not really talking to anybody.

I love good, fresh food cooked by someone who knows what he's doing.

I fell in love with the public, the public fell in love with me, and I tried to keep it that way.

I think the inner person is the most important.... I would like to see an invention that keeps the mind alert. That's what is important.

My father was in charge of managing the farm.

I love to teach - that's my role.