I've never tried to be a celebrity chef, people call me that but I was that young boy that the media chose.

Success is born out of arrogance, but greatness comes from humility.

Mother Nature is the true artist and our job as cooks is to allow her to shine.

Once you accept you are being judged by people who have less knowledge than yourself, then what's it worth?

Gastronomy is the greatest form of therapy that anyone can be exposed to.

If you are not extreme, then people will take shortcuts because they don't fear you.

Strategy will compensate the talent. The talent will never compensate the strategy.

At the end of the day it's just food, isn't it? Just food.

I can't imagine anything worse than trying to impress a girl with dinner. To be honest, I'm always impressing myself, not other people.

A tree without roots is just a piece of wood.

Don't dress for others, dress for yourself. Clothes should be an extension of what you represent and what you feel inside.

Elizabeth's barreness and advanced age--a double symbol of hopelessness--became the means by which God would announce to the world that nothing is impossible for Him.

With every sunrise, I wake up with a deep driving desire to enhance the beauty of my life by becoming happy and joyful. I have found that when I am happy, everything around me dances with joy.

It is not my ambition to marry a white woman or swim in a white pool. It is political equality that we want.

Glory - once achieved, what is it worth?

Going to parties usually makes me feel depressed, just because I have such social fear after meeting people.

With me, you never know what is going to happen

I studied theater in college, and I really wanted to be an actress and play a lot of different roles. Then I made landing on a television comedy my main focus.

When I was in fourth grade I was drawing Jordans when my mama couldn't afford them.

No just person ever became quickly rich.

Until you get a guidance from above you cannot be sure; but to get this guidance it requires time and sadhana.