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

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

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.

The truffle is not a positive aphrodisiac, but it can upon occasion make women tenderer and men more apt to love.

If we discovered that we had only five minutes left to say all that we wanted to say, every telephone booth would be occupied by people calling other people to stammer that they loved them.

Recovery doesn't mean putting your life on hold. Recovery means holding on so you can live your best life.

People need joy quite as much as clothing. Some of them need it far more.

I'm really interested in photography, like every other human being.

I'm never a reliable narrator, unbiased or objective.

Therefore, let me in honesty speak the truth about our epoch and people.

No one blames her." "That never matters," said Alec. "Not when you blame yourself.

Too many people make the past their identity and spend the rest of their lives accumulating sympathy for their past pain.

I hate studio. For me, studio is a trap to overproduce and repeat yourself. It is a habit that leads to art pollution.

Find the appropriate balance of competing claims by various groups of stakeholders. All claims deserve consideration but some claims are more important than others.