People also respected my culinary acumen and my intelligence, and that was their whole thing. They flew me over, and it was this immersive experience.

People believe what they want to believe. You have to run your race and be proud of the person you see in the mirror.

Gratitude is the attitude. That's the thing.

You can change your spouse, your friends but never your club.

If I had Sirius FM and fire-breathing in a giant puppy dragon, I'd be golden.

If something is nice about you, usually one or two people will tell you. If something is foul about you, everyone will tell you.

I thought maybe I would be everyone's favorite dude-food friend.

I do feel that, generally, people will see me and go, "He knows where the good food is," which is an awesome correlative. It's an awesome simplification.

If it's a question about stuff that matters to you personally, like favorite food, favorite piece of knowledge, favorite animal, it's hard not to have an opinion and want to quantify things.

The first one that I went to with my friends was with my buddy Michael - and we actually cut class to get tickets - was INXS at the Garden.

Man V. Food is the highest-rated show in the Travel Channel's history, so clearly there's going to be a correlation.

We are a product of the choices we make, not the circumstances that we face.

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

Those that say they despise riches are saints or liars.

This is ridiculous. I look like the Games Workshop version of a Jedi Knight.

It's now expected of me that I will defy expectation, so I really generally seem to be free to write what I want.

Self-criticism is an art not many are qualified to practice.

...it is time [for Islam] to assume, along with all of the great cultural traditions, the modern risks of scientific knowledge.

Play fair, be prepared for others to play dirty, and don't let them drag you into the mud.

I will go to the garden. I will be a romantic. I will sell myself in hell, in heaven also I will be.

I'll start with small things.