In the hands of an able cook, fish can become an inexhaustible source of perpetual delight.

Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you who you are.

Burgundy makes you think of silly things; Bordeaux makes you talk about them, and Champagne makes you do them.

To invite people to dine with us is to make ourselves responsible for their well-being for as long as they are under our roofs.

Nothing is more pleasant than to see a pretty woman, her napkin well placed under her arms, one of her hands on the table, while the other carries to her mouth, the choice piece so elegantly carved.

The pleasures of the table belong to all times and ages, to every country and every day; they go hand in hand with all our other pleasures, outlast them, and remain to console us for their loss.

In fine, the truffle is the very diamond of gastronomy.

Cooking is one of the oldest arts and one which has rendered us the most important service in civic life.

Dessert without cheese is like a beauty with only one eye

Animals feed themselves; men eat; but only wise men know the art of eating

The fate of a nation depends on the way that they eat.

In the end, nothing matters except love you gave away and love you have received.

When the unexpected meets with the unprepared, over there we find the greatest astonishments!

We are cold to others only when we are dull in ourselves.

I've always been the king of silence. I've always been a minimalist comedian. I've taken my influence from Jack Benny, who was the king of that I've always done 'less is more.'

We don't have time for tone. We have to go out and get the job done.

I feel like my place in this industry is still progressing.

Who has begun has half done. Have the courage to be wise. Begin!

There's no way you ask Sean Penn a question and then, you're gonna be HUGE !

My mom makes this amazing little snack that, to this day, I still think about. It's pita bread wrapped with melted butter, feta cheese, and cucumbers. That, to me, is still heaven. It's my childhood.

You have to believe in what you're doing otherwise what's the point?