Rachael Ray Quotes

I'm an all-things-in-moderation kind of person. I do eat a warm donut occasionally. I especially enjoy a cider donut when I'm apple picking. I don't think there's anything wrong with that.

Never be a food snob. Learn from everyone you meet - the fish guy at your market, the lady at the local diner, farmers, cheese makers. Ask questions, try everything and eat up!

My mom said the two most important kitchen utensils are attached to your arms... you cannot mix up meatballs with a wooden spoon, get in there, get your fingers dirty!

If you're humble and hardworking, opportunities will arise for you.

When you really want to show some love, keep the flowers and say it with spaghetti.

Good food and a warm kitchen are what makes a house a home.

NASA asked me to create meals for the space shuttle. Thai chicken was the favorite. I flew in a fake space shuttle, but I have no desire to go into space after seeing the toilet.

You do it with your own two hands, so there's a sense of pride. You really do forget all our problems, because you're focusing on the food.

I tried to bake a cake for my mother's birthday - it took me four hours. It was terrible, and I cried for three days.

Work hard. Laugh when you feel like crying. Keep an open mind, open eyes and an open spirit.

I don't think young men or women should feel pressured into marriage. You shouldn't marry anyone, in my opinion, who you have to try hard for.

When you're out grocery shopping for your family, maybe you can put a can of cat or dog food in your cart and bring it to an animal relief center.

I don't categorize food as bad or a guilty pleasure.

The most essential part of my day is a proper dinner.

I really believe there's no such thing as accidents, only opportunities. God gives everyone the ingredients to a good, happy life. It's up to us to make the most of them.

I started running 3 miles every morning after throat surgery to remove a cyst last year. The gym used to be my adversary. But that has all changed. Now, I look forward to it every morning.

I've never been a huge sweets eater, and I've always loved a Mediterranean diet. We eat a lot of dark leafy greens, and a couple meals each week are meat-free. We enjoy eating a balanced diet.

What I've learned is that at the end of the day, we are all human. We all have that in common.

I felt I'd earned the Good Housekeeping Seal when I designed an oval-shaped spaghetti pot, because spaghetti is long.

Since I never get on a scale, I have no idea how much weight I've lost!

Whatever it is you want to do, take a job in that field. You will learn by experience and, slow and steady, you'll get it done!

You can laugh or you can cry. It is up to you which one you do.

Everybody's twelve years old in an apple orchard.

It's continuously humbling to work hard, you know? As long as you've got a good work ethic and a sense of humor, I don't think anybody can become too much of an egoist under those circumstances.

My first memory in life is grilling my thumb to the griddle in our restaurant on Cape Cod.

I used to say I would never run unless I was being chased by someone with a gun. Now I'm a little obsessed with it!

I have a fat head - I get freaked-out looking at pictures of me.

I like feeling like an ox at the end of the day. I like working hard.

I do know what my first meal in the next world would be Spaghetti Aglio e Olio, heavy on everything.

I don't have to write jokes. I don't have to write insults. If you ask the man of the hour in the hot seat, my mere existence is clearly insult enough.

I make a dog-friendly version of almost everything that we make for dinner.

When men I have dated over the years whined about, ‘Oh, you make no time for me’ – see ya! I just dumped them. I don’t need that pressure in my life.

You don't feel as self-conscious if your clothes fit.

I think that celebrities are just people, like everybody else, and they've got the foodie bug in them too.

Whatever it is that you're successful at, that has to be the No. 1 goal. In my case, it's accessibility. So all of my products have to be usable, accessible, affordable.

I cook and I chat. That's what I do. I love to write recipes, but basically, if you had to put it in a nutshell, I cook and I chat.

My dream job is to be a rock drummer and the alternate drummer for the Foo Fighters.

I measure in my palm and use my eyes to estimate amounts; a tablespoon is a full palm of dried spices.

It only looks like I get to eat a lot of food on TV. I really just get the one bite and the crew and guests eat everything else.

Make big pots of soups, stews and chilis - they stretch a buck, and you can live off them for days!

I've also learned that you can't be all things to all people. Whatever it is that you're successful at, that has to be the No. 1 goal.

I'm completely unqualified for any job I've ever had.

I write in freehand equivalents because measuring, to me, takes away from the creative process of cooking. Two turns of the pan with EVOO is about two tablespoons.

That's a horrible thought. I guess cheese or wine. I think I might be too depressed to eat if I had to eat only one thing for the rest of my life.

Yum-O! I say this if something is so good that 'yum' just isn't enough of an exclamation. The accent is on the 'O' as in, 'Oh! That is so good!'

You know, food is such - it's a hug for people.

I never do the dishes, because my husband has an affinity for it. And I'm also not allowed to touch the coffeemaker.

Decide what it is that you are and then stay true to that thing. My brand is based very much on how I live my day-to-day life.

I think having an animal in your life makes you a better human.

When men I have dated over the years whined about, 'Oh, you make no time for me' - see ya! I just dumped them. I don't need that pressure in my life.