I, a product of the New Frontier and Great Society, honestly believed that the world pretty much owed me a living--all I had to do was wait around in order to live better than my parents.

your body is not a temple, it's an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.

Good food is very often, even most often, simple food.

To me, life without veal stock, pork fat, sausage, organ meat, demi-glace, or even stinky cheese is a life not worth living.

No one understands and appreciates the American Dream of hard work leading to material rewards better than a non-American.

Don't lie about it. You made a mistake. Admit it and move on. Just don't do it again. Ever

So I didn't have time to craft artful lies and evasions even if I'd wanted to.

He doesn't yearn for a better, different life than the one he has - because he knows he's got a home in this one.

I love to receive a beautiful postcard from your place of voyage.

Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment and especially on their children than the unlived life of the parent.

It's hard to force creativity and humor.

An idea is a putting truth in check-mate.

I've been waiting for sleep to offer up the day with both hands.

A beautiful woman, if poor, should use double circumspection; for her beauty will tempt others, her poverty herself.

I'm an advocate for whole brain thinking. I'm not an advocate for the right brain or the left brain.

There are three sides to every argument. Yours. The other guy's. And the right side.

An experiment not worth doing is not worth doing well.

Optimist: someone who isn't sure whether life is a tragedy or a comedy but is tickled silly just to be in the play.