A good apprentice cook must be as polite with the dishwasher as with the chef.

If the divine creator has taken pains to give us delicious and exquisite things to eat, the least we can do is prepare them well and serve them with ceremony.

As far as cuisine is concerned one must read everything, see everything, hear everything, try everything, observe everything, in order to retain in the end, just a little bit.

The duty of a good Cuisinier is to transmit to the next generation everything he has learned and experienced.

In all professions without doubt, but certainly in cooking one is a student all his life.

Success is the sum of a lot of small things done correctly.

There are many people who claim to be good cooks; just as there are many people who, after having repainted the garden gate take themselves to be painters.

Every morning the cuisinier must start again at zero, with nothing on the stove. That is what real cuisine is all about.

Perfection is lots of little things done well.

I'm not hard to please, I'm content with the very best.

Cooking is for capturing the taste of the food and then enhancing it, as a composer may take a theme and then delight us with his variations.

The leader must have both – the courage to take the people to a daring destination and the humility to selflessly serve others on the journey.

Good Seeds! Gratitude is the Greatest Attitude that has no Substitute.

A good tree bears good fruits.

To pay out millions upon millions of dollars in bonuses for incomplete work, poor performance, and unacceptable products is the height of government waste and mismanagement.

Science never cheered up anyone. The truth about the human situation is just too awful.

Mentorship is critical for young people. Mentorship by others for my children is very high on my agenda.

You shouldn't separate the piece from the way it's intended. I always feel like words shouldn't be unraveled from the music. They're all linked so much together.

A man must ride alternately on the horses of his private and his public nature.

Myth is neither a lie nor a confession: it is an inflexion.

It's just really making sure I am doing the best job I can do as a dad. I do think that is my No. 1 job.