In the end, the only way is to be better than that person who let you down... and better than the monster you used to be...

Our destinies depend on the choices we make. Be it wise or stupid.

Never live your life on the edge when you have loved ones who love you and who are depending on you.

Self-discovery is life recovery.

Half-broke hearts just didn't have much pep.

A life that hasn't a definite plan is likely to become driftwood.

Well I wouldn't say that I was in the 'great' class but I had a great time while I was trying to be great.

Culinary tradition is not always based on fact. Sometimes it's based on history, on habits that come out of a time when kitchens were fueled by charcoal.

Do not pluck the beard of a dead lion. [Lat., Noli Barbam vellere mortuo leoni.]

The holy days are the best times to focus on real enthusiasm, the inner source that lightens and sanctifies our lives all year.

Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.

I like to have books around to give me ideas-to get the verbal part of my brain to start working.

Whenever I heard the song of a bird and the answering call of its mate, I could visualize the notes in scale, all built up within my consciousness as a natural symphony.