The German Doctors say that persons sensible of harmony have one sense more than others.

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.

I'm sorry for breaking down when I should've been stitching myself back up

The sky cries for those filled with sadness

What I've learned is that you really don't need to be a celebrity or have money or have the paparazzi following you around to be famous.

Their life is about getting enough money to put food on the table to feed their children, and that's it.

Finally, the scariest thing about abuse of any shape or form, is, in my opinion, not the abuse itself, but that if it continues it can begin to feel commonplace and eventually acceptable.

comedy is a high form of art becaus it brings us more joy than anything else, practically but at the same time, it doesn't get a lot of respect. that's the sacrifice you make to do it.

There is no pedestrian culture [in South Central Los Angeles].

Working with younger artists kind of tests your judgment. You're not always right, but when you are, it's exciting.

There's nothing glorious about being a professional. . . . Professionalism probably comes down to being able to work on a bad day.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist while still achieving milestones and outcomes as required by certain funders and policy-makers.