I believe what makes cooking in Las Vegas different from cooking in most other cities are the guests that dine with you in Las Vegas.

People love steak all over the United States.

You have to always remember who your guest is, and thats who we cater to.

Guests love to be 'wowed' in Las Vegas. They enjoy and embrace new tastes, new flavors, and they come to expect the unexpected in Las Vegas.

Chefs become attracted to being able to get product and then clientele - those are the two things that attract you as a chef.

I'm passionate about pleasing people.

Food is all about balance; it is all about taste.

When designing a kitchen, always keep in mind the social aspect.

When your parents are Middle Eastern immigrants, you have three choices. You can become a doctor, a lawyer or an engineer.

I don't know if you call a burger recession food. It's comfort food.

I don't know if you call a burger 'recession food.' It's comfort food.

I wonder if pain comes from surrendering or resisting?

It was a sad loss, this illusion of importance, a humbling blow.

My Dublin wasn't the Dublin of sing-songs, traditional music, sense of history and place and community.

Because of Bluetooth headsets, it's getting more and more difficult to tell who's schizophrenic and who's on a conference call.

You know your gut instincts are spot on about a person when you can also detect a water source in the soil beneath them.

In magic, it takes two or three years for me to create a 5-minute illusion for me to get it to the level I want.

One never learns to understand truly anything but what one loves.

I have a very simple approach in career: You work with the people you love.

She's a sort of human vampire-bat

The only way to predict if there's a cloud on your horizon due to glaucoma is to get tested. No matter what the diagnosis, the forecast is for clear vision in the years ahead.