People who don't travel cannot have a global view, all they see is what's in front of them. Those people cannot accept new things because all they know is where they live.

In general I love to eat anything. I enjoy anything that is well prepared, a good spaghetti, lasagna, taco, steak, sushi, refried beans.

I have a lot of cooking tools. In fact I have a whole drawer full of knives. Cooking tools, especially cutlery, are my toys.

Chinese culture has a lot of virtues that are tremendously valuable to not only us as Asian-Americans, but also the world in general.

Why is America such a great country. It is because we stand united.

So when I do Chinese cooking, I mix everything together, then the kids have to eat their vegetables. They won't have the patience to pick them out.

You can do almost anything with soup stock, it's like a strong foundation. When you have the right foundation, everything tastes good.

Happiness is within. It has nothing to do with how much applause you get or how many people praise you. Happiness comes when you believe that you have done something truly meaningful.

If I could only have one type of food with me, I would bring soy sauce. The reason being that if I have soy sauce, I can flavor a lot of things.

I live a very low-key life.

I remember when I was in college, I used to watch Julia Child's cooking show during dinner and joke with my roommates about becoming a TV chef.

Love is a divine lullaby

I saw the light blinking in my living room and changed it over and over, at the end I realized it was my eye blinking.

All the kids with fancy shoes or clothes, do you know what I got with a family of nine? When ever we said let's play poker, we had a full team of adults right there.

What you care about [movie] is whether it's moving you, or whether you're caught up in it.

Like dreams, farces show the disguised fulfillment of repressed wishes.

Blessed be sleep! We are all young then; we are all happy. Then our dead are living.

Information has become king, whereas wisdom should be king and there is a big difference between the two.

Sometimes, people forget my record of fiscal conservatism on major issues in the state legislature. The greatest example is my voting against the pension borrowing scheme in 1997.

The effect of character is always to command consideration. We sport and toy and laugh with men or women who have none, but we never confide in them.

Before you judge people, judge yourself.