Before judging a thin man, one must get some information. Perhaps he was once fat.

If the divine creator has taken pains to give us delicious and exquisite things to eat, the least we can do is prepare them well and serve them with ceremony.

As far as cuisine is concerned one must read everything, see everything, hear everything, try everything, observe everything, in order to retain in the end, just a little bit.

The duty of a good Cuisinier is to transmit to the next generation everything he has learned and experienced.

In all professions without doubt, but certainly in cooking one is a student all his life.

Success is the sum of a lot of small things done correctly.

There are many people who claim to be good cooks; just as there are many people who, after having repainted the garden gate take themselves to be painters.

Every morning the cuisinier must start again at zero, with nothing on the stove. That is what real cuisine is all about.

Perfection is lots of little things done well.

I'm not hard to please, I'm content with the very best.

A good apprentice cook must be as polite with the dishwasher as with the chef.

The practice of lovingkindness can uplift us & relieve sorrow & unhappiness.

Everyone deserves what they choose to tolerate.

Collaboration allows teachers to capture each other's fund of collective intelligence.

We're drowning in information and starving for knowledge.

I never deny. I never contradict. I sometimes forget.

Well what a turn-up. From professional footballer to television presenter to green politician. Whatever next?

Men have died for this music. You can't get more serious than that.

I owe Bankhead a gift; she made a director out of me.

Our war on terror begins with al-Qaida, but it does not end there. It will not end until every terrorist group of global reach has been found, stopped, and defeated.

No paradox, no progress.