Those from whom nature has withheld taste invented trousers.

Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you who you are.

Burgundy makes you think of silly things; Bordeaux makes you talk about them, and Champagne makes you do them.

To invite people to dine with us is to make ourselves responsible for their well-being for as long as they are under our roofs.

Nothing is more pleasant than to see a pretty woman, her napkin well placed under her arms, one of her hands on the table, while the other carries to her mouth, the choice piece so elegantly carved.

The pleasures of the table belong to all times and ages, to every country and every day; they go hand in hand with all our other pleasures, outlast them, and remain to console us for their loss.

In fine, the truffle is the very diamond of gastronomy.

Cooking is one of the oldest arts and one which has rendered us the most important service in civic life.

Dessert without cheese is like a beauty with only one eye

Animals feed themselves; men eat; but only wise men know the art of eating

The fate of a nation depends on the way that they eat.

Ambition can form an impenetrable barrier for those who fail to acknowledge what they already are.

Don’t judge based on what you see, judge based on what you know, because the two are rarely similar.

Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door.

You can't develop a great car and sell it as an independent. You can develop a great car and make a deal with Mercedes.

No, I like you alive and warm and wiggling.

If you want to experience the unalloyed ecstasy of life, you can accomplish this through the twin Buddhist practices of meditation and mindfulness.

I guess I'm attracted to these off beat roles because my life has been a bit abnormal. The only thing I have a problem with is being labeled.

There can be no tyrants where there are no slaves.

You meet new people. We just spent two hours with people we didn't know before, just talking about the Badgers.

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.