No sane man can afford to dispense with debilitating pleasures; no ascetic can be considered reliably sane.

I've always followed the rule that anything worth doing is worth doing excessively.

Part of life is to live it, and enjoy it, and seize the moments that you find particularly pleasing.

My personal philosophy is, you can be sure of nothing.

I'm an anti-industrial kind of guy.

These are the people who do studies that your carry-out Chinese meals are saturated in fat. I'd just like to meet them! I mean, what do they do for pleasure?

The finest glasses for both technical and hedonistic purposes are those made by Riedel. The effect of these glasses on fine wine is profound. I cannot emphasize enough what a difference they make.

The first famous winemaking consultant was the late professor Emile Peynaud, who reigned over Bordeaux throughout the 1940s, 50s, 60s and 70s.

Fettuccine Alfredo is dangerous for your health.

I'm a common-sense kind of guy.

The rainbow is the pot of gold to those who observe.

If you're born with in the wild you run with the wild

I only read books I know I will like

Half of the modern drugs could well be thrown out of the window, except that the birds might eat them.

I am a Jew, but I am enthralled by the luminous figure of the Nazarene….No one can read the Gospels without feeling the actual presence of Jesus.

The drinking man is never less himself than during his sober intervals.

A man will part with anything so long as he's drunk, and you're drunk with him.

How sweet war is to such as know it not.

My parents had a love for music. There were so many records, so much music constantly being played. My mother played piano, my father sang, and we were always surrounded in music.

You are not loved when you are lovely, but when you are loved you are found to be lovely.