46 result(s) for Anthony Bourdain Quotes.
"Travel changes you. As you move through this life and this world you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life - and travel - leaves marks on you."
"If I'm an advocate for anything, it's to move. As far as you can, as much as you can. Across the ocean, or simply across the river. The extent to which you can walk in someone else's shoes or at least eat their food, it's a plus for everybody. Open your mind, get up off the couch, move."
"Good food is very often, even most often, simple food."
"I learned a long time ago that trying to micromanage the perfect vacation is always a disaster. That leads to terrible times."
"I don't have to agree with you to like you or respect you."
"I don't 'do' regret. Regret is a futile emotion."
"There's no happy ending, just happy moments."
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"To me, life without veal stock, pork fat, sausage, organ meat, demi-glace, or even stinky cheese is a life not worth living."
"Maybe that's enlightenment enough: to know that there is no final resting place of the mind; no moment of smug clarity. Perhaps wisdom is realizing how small I am, and unwise, and how far I have yet to go."
"Assume the worst. About everybody. But don't let this poisoned outlook affect your job performance. Let it all roll off your back."
"Do we really want to travel in hermetically sealed popemobiles through the rural provinces of France, Mexico and the Far East, eating only in Hard Rock Cafes and McDonalds? Or do we want to eat without fear, tearing into the local stew, the humble taqueria's mystery meat, the sincerely offered gift of a lightly grilled fish head?"
"I, personally, think there is a real danger of taking food too seriously. Food should be part of the bigger picture."
"I think food, culture, people, and landscape are all absolutely inseparable."
"Skills can be taught. The urgency comes from the character."
"Assume the worst. About everybody. But don't let this poisoned outlook affect your job performance. Let it all roll off your back. Ignore it, do your job, and move on."
"I'm a big believer in winging it. I'm a big believer that you're never going to find the perfect city travel experience or the perfect meal without a constant willingness to experience a bad one. Letting the happy accident happen is what a lot of vacation itineraries miss, I think, and I'm always trying to push people to allow those things to happen rather than stick to some rigid itinerary."
"Sometimes the greatest meals on vacations are the ones you find when Plan A falls through."
"The journey is part of the experience - an expression of the seriousness of one's intent. One doesn’t take the A train to Mecca."
"Travel changes you. As you move through this life and this world you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life leaves marks on you."
"It's very rarely a good career move to have a conscience."
"Without new ideas success can become stale."
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"I’m a big believer in winging it. I’m a big believer that you’re never going to find perfect city travel experience or the perfect meal without a constant willingness to experience a bad one."
"Maybe that’s enlightenment enough: to know that there is no final resting place of the mind; no moment of smug clarity. Perhaps wisdom... is realizing how small I am, and unwise, and how far I have yet to go."
"Skills can be taught. Character you either have or you don't have."
"You learn a lot about someone when you share a meal together."
"Context and memory play powerful roles in all the truly great meals in one's life."
"If I'm an advocate for anything, it's to move. As far as you can, as much as you can. Across the ocean, or simply across the river. The extent to which you can walk in someone else's shoes or at least eat their food, it's a plus for everybody."
"I've long believed that good food, good eating, is all about risk. Whether we're talking about unpasteurized Stilton, raw oysters or working for organized crime ‘associates,’ food, for me, has always been an adventure."
"I'm not afraid to look like an idiot."
"Luck is not a business model."
"Assume the worst. About everybody. But don’t let this poisoned outlook affect your job performance. Let it all roll off your back. Ignore it. Be amused by what you see and suspect."
"Beirut is an extraordinary city. It's a place of extremes, but it has a soul and a heartbeat and a complexity that make it a really special and unique city that's deeply troubled but also savage in its beauty."
"I think food, culture, people and landscape are all absolutely inseparable."
"I don’t have to agree with you to like you or respect you."
"If you're twenty-two, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you to travel - as far and as widely as possible. Sleep on floors if you have to. Find out how other people live and eat and cook. Learn from them - wherever you go."
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"I still believe that hamburger joints offer society something that French cooking can’t."
"To be treated well in places where you don’t expect to be treated well, to find things in common with people you thought previously you had very, very little in common with, that can’t be a bad thing."
"Open your mind, get up off the couch, move."
"I'm a big believer that you're never going to find perfect travel experience or the perfect meal without a constant willingness to experience a bad one."
"Travel isn't always pretty. It isn't always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that's okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind."
"Do we really want to travel in hermetically sealed popemobiles through the rural provinces of France, Mexico and the Far East, eating only in Hard Rock Cafes and McDonalds? Or do we want to eat without fear... or humiliation - or indeed without any special occasion - the way most of the world eats?"
"Barbecue may not be the road to world peace, but it’s a start."
"If I'm an advocate for anything, it's to move. As far as you can, as much as you can. Across the ocean, or simply across the river."
"Your body is not a temple, it's an amusement park. Enjoy the ride."
"Bad food is made without pride, by cooks who have no pride, and no love."
"Nothing unexpected or wonderful is likely to happen if you have an itinerary in Paris filled with the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower."
