In the orchestra of a great kitchen, the sauce chef is a soloist.

If the divine creator has taken pains to give us delicious and exquisite things to eat, the least we can do is prepare them well and serve them with ceremony.

As far as cuisine is concerned one must read everything, see everything, hear everything, try everything, observe everything, in order to retain in the end, just a little bit.

The duty of a good Cuisinier is to transmit to the next generation everything he has learned and experienced.

In all professions without doubt, but certainly in cooking one is a student all his life.

Success is the sum of a lot of small things done correctly.

There are many people who claim to be good cooks; just as there are many people who, after having repainted the garden gate take themselves to be painters.

Every morning the cuisinier must start again at zero, with nothing on the stove. That is what real cuisine is all about.

Perfection is lots of little things done well.

I'm not hard to please, I'm content with the very best.

A good apprentice cook must be as polite with the dishwasher as with the chef.

'Operation Ajax' presents history in an entirely new way. It takes a true story and uses cutting-edge technology, never before used in this way, to bring it to spectacular life.

Realize that ultimate success comes from opportunistic,bold moves which by definition, cannot be planned.

The phantom-host has faded quite, Splendor and Terror gone-- Portent or promise--and gives way To pale, meek Dawn.

I believe that culture begins in the cradle . . .To do without tales and stories and books is to lose humanity's past, is to have no star map for our future.

Money is only unused power. The real purpose of wealth, after food, clothing and shelter, is philanthropy.

Even when the universe made it quite clear to me that I was mistaken in my certainties ... I did not break. The shattering of my sureties did not shatter me.

Deceit is a kind of garment that conceals the soul. It might even be compared to a whole wardrobe, so many are its guises.

I don't like people that try to psyche other people out.

I will not be on this planet. I may come back in another form, and you know, I'll come back as a white man.

Brevity in writing is the best insurance for its perusal.