Cooking today is far greater than it ever was, and more importantly, a chef's role today has changed dramatically over the last decade.

Put your head down and work hard. Never wait for things to happen, make them happen for yourself through hard graft and not giving up.

I don't like looking back. I'm always constantly looking forward. I'm not the one to sort of sit and cry over spilt milk. I'm too busy looking for the next cow.

Chefs are nutters. They're all self-obsessed, delicate, dainty, insecure little souls and absolute psychopaths. Every last one of them.

Swearing is industry language. For as long as we're alive it's not going to change. You've got to be boisterous to get results.

If you want to become a great chef, you have to work with great chefs. And that's exactly what I did.

The minute you start compromising for the sake of massaging somebody's ego, that's it, game over.

Kitchens are hard environments and they form incredibly strong characters.

The problem with Yanks is they are wimps.

There's a bond among a kitchen staff, I think. You spend more time with your chef in the kitchen than you do with your own family.

Push your limit to the absolute extreme.

You gain strength every time you pray.

The world is a thick bookand I am a big bookworm.

Place a weapon in the hands ofGreed, hatred, especially of ignoranceYou've created innocent deathsThat wasn't neccasary

When truthful knowledge is dispensed, soul growth is accomplished every time, for all parties involved, in every situation.

No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut.

My attitude toward progress has passed from antagonism to boredom. I have long ceased to argue with people who prefer Thursday to Wednesday because it is Thursday.

The highest state is laughter.

Pray because you have a Father, not because it quietens you, and give Him time to answer.

I love my comedy too much to bastardize it with bad romantic comedy.

They want to beat the Don Dadda. It means, 'The Man.'