Make big pots of soups, stews and chilis - they stretch a buck, and you can live off them for days!

I'm an all-things-in-moderation kind of person. I do eat a warm donut occasionally. I especially enjoy a cider donut when I'm apple picking. I don't think there's anything wrong with that.

Never be a food snob. Learn from everyone you meet - the fish guy at your market, the lady at the local diner, farmers, cheese makers. Ask questions, try everything and eat up!

My mom said the two most important kitchen utensils are attached to your arms... you cannot mix up meatballs with a wooden spoon, get in there, get your fingers dirty!

If you're humble and hardworking, opportunities will arise for you.

When you really want to show some love, keep the flowers and say it with spaghetti.

Good food and a warm kitchen are what makes a house a home.

NASA asked me to create meals for the space shuttle. Thai chicken was the favorite. I flew in a fake space shuttle, but I have no desire to go into space after seeing the toilet.

You do it with your own two hands, so there's a sense of pride. You really do forget all our problems, because you're focusing on the food.

I tried to bake a cake for my mother's birthday - it took me four hours. It was terrible, and I cried for three days.

Work hard. Laugh when you feel like crying. Keep an open mind, open eyes and an open spirit.

If we don’t do our best and constantly ask God for miracles, it means we are objurgating our responsibility to God.

India and China have not shied away from addressing boundary questions, have wisdom to find a fair and mutually acceptable solution... We have been able to put all issues on the table.

Nobody remembers how long anything takes; they only remember how good it was in the end.

I'm not worried about where Barack Obama is from. I'm worried about where he's going.

People in very high places suddenly fall, and we are always surprised because we don't factor in the basic element that they're humans and, therefore, they are flawed and have weaknesses.

Directing is something that I'd been wanting and hoping to do, as I've grown into myself.

Every time I catch myself saying, "Oh no, you shouldn't try that," I think, "Yes, I should."

We should not stop to reflect, compare, analyze, possess, but flow on and through, endlessly, like music.

Crimes are not to be measured by the issue of events, but by the bad intentions of men.

It's a sure thing that you'll not finish if you don't start.