I wanted to write about what we were doing at the French Laundry, the recipes and the stories.

A recipe has no soul. You, as the cook, must bring soul to the recipe.

This is the great challenge: to maintain passion for the everyday routine and the endlessly repeated act, to derive deep gratification from the mundane.

The law of diminishing returns is something I really believe in.

Any job worth doing is worth doing well. But to be able to do that, you have to do it over and over again.

Success is measured by the memories you create.

It's not about perfection; it's about the joy of striving.

A cookbook must have recipes, but it shouldn't be a blueprint. It should be more inspirational; it should be a guide.

Respect for food is respect for life, for who we are and what we do.

For me, thats one of the important things about cooking. What was good enough yesterday may not be good enough today.

You have to be driven. You have to be focused. You have to be aware.

4 rules i live by1. Trust none2. Respect all3. Never run 4. Fear god

The longer the silence remains untouched the longer the miscommunication creates its own stories.

The only thing limiting you is yourself.

A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.

Our earthly ball a peopled garden.

I'm a firm believer that language and how we use language determines how we act, and how we act then determines our lives and other people's lives.

Why do bad things happen to good people? That only happened once and He volunteered.

True love can alter human lives and change human nature.

A parenting program should provide time for parents to clarify their own ideas about what it means to be an effective and successful parent.

I told you, sir, they were red-hot with drinking; so full of valor that they smote the air, for breathing in their faces, beat the ground for kissing of their feet.