...nothing is too much trouble if it turns out the way it should.

Noodles are not only amusing but delicious.

The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook.

A party without cake is really just a meeting.

You don't have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces - just good food from fresh ingredients.

People who love to eat are always the best people.

The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking you've got to have a what-the-hell attitude.

I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate.

In department stores, so much kitchen equipment is bought indiscriminately by people who just come in for men's underwear.

Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.

I think anyone who is a carnivore needs to understand that meat does not originally come in these neat little packages.

The gates of Hell are terrible to behold, are they not?

We keep saying, 'We have no other course.' What we should say is: 'We are not bright enough to see any other course.'

We little know the things for which we pray.

You know, what's interesting about Washington...It's the kind of place where second-guessing has become second-nature.

God bless you, my beloved sisters, who stand as the queens in your home, that you may be happy with that happiness which comes of the knowledge that you are loved and honored and treasured.

I think it should be ambitious and good music does deal with life and art and all these wonderful things.

Evil was seductive and easy, and virtue was difficult and unappreciated.

Till man destroys "self" he is no true friend of God.

Always think of yourself as everyone's servant; look for Christ Our Lord in everyone and you will then have respect and reverence for them all.

The war affects me less than it ought. But I can do no service to anybody by agitating for news or making dole over the slaughter.