Everyone needs a mentor.

My favorite Aspen memory is saving an upside-down cake that had exploded from the high altitude.

I grew up in Fall River, Massachusetts. My background was modest, and I worked at a Portuguese bakery in town.

A lot of parents ask me how to get kids to eat more vegetables. The first thing I say is that it starts from the top.

You gotta have good olive oil. You should have a cooking olive oil and you should have a finishing olive oil, like an extra-virgin olive oil.

Anything made with love, bam! -it's a beautiful meal.

Food is very representative of a city's culture. In order to really get to know a place and the people, you've got to eat the food.

If you don't follow your dream, who will?

Life just doesn't hand you things. You have to get out there and make things happen. that's the exciting part.

Spice is life. It depends upon what you like... have fun with it. Yes, food is serious, but you should have fun with it.

If kids can learn how to make a simple Bolognese sauce, they will never go hungry. It's pretty easy to cook pasta, but a good sauce is way more useful.

I like war.

Regret is just perfectionism plus time.

Artists who don't paint aren't artists.

I looked below and saw my people there, and all were well and happy except one, and he was lying like the dead - and that one was myself.

I may be wearing makeup, but I can throw a fastball by you at the same time.

There is no confidence in the Arab world today in the United States of America.

It's a blast to watch. It's a lot more interesting live than it is on record. I mean, it really is a theatrical event. It's a sporting event! Cause you never know what's gonna happen.

When people asked him why he didn't work with those viruses, he replied, I don't particularly feel like dying.

America is a country that will not be broken by fear. And instead, America is a country blessed with citizens marked by goodwill and great resolve.