Food should be fun, but it should also be functional.

Every meal should end with something sweet. Maybe it's jelly on toast at breakfast, or a small piece of chocolate at dinner - but it always helps my brain bring a close to the meal.

I always worked in institutions, I never had a restaurant of my own before, but I have opened over 30 hotels, restaurants and casinos. I understand what it takes to keep them running.

Food is culture, and we need to listen to it.

The sharing of food is like breaking bread, it's very symbolic.

The military taught me discipline, how to problem solve, teamwork and loyalty, a perfect parallel to the kitchen. If we could take that and bottle it, it would be a amazing thing.

America was built on immigrants, and what they bring 'to the table.'

I travel 330 days a year and eat every two and a half hours - I'm a big guy. I always carry a fork, little bottles of spices, and Sriracha. I eat what I feel like eating.

When I'm on the road, I'll break my exercise into a cardio session and a weights session.

The children don't choose to be in the business, but the harming and long-term effects through arguments, divorce and conflicts over the financial issues in a business are huge.

I love working out. It's my release. I've done it since I've been in the military.

The best way to catch a bee is using its own honey.

Stupid. Why do people want to pretendthat death is sleep? It isn’t. It isn’t

When the mind is controlled and still what remains is the soul

'Keep your head down at school.' Those are sage words from my dad. They kept me in check for years.

Usually, I wear tennis shoes because my feet are flat, and it hurts to wear anything other than shoes that are cushiony.

There’s not a better feeling than when you have found that moment of balance and harmony when both running and life come together. Then you know why you run and that you couldn’t live without it.

The 'Rescue Me' gig was a unique opportunity to play a character - a misanthropic, angry guy - who was so contrary to how people think of me.

The thing that people associate with expertise, authoritativeness, kind of with a capital 'A,' don't correlate very well with who's actually good at making predictions.

Iraqis will never forget that on 8 August 1990 Kuwait became part of Iraq legally, constitutionally and actually. It continued to do so until last night, when withdrawal began.

Some versions of patriotism come close to the tribal, which we all want to surpass, and some don’t.