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.

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.

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

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 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.

That's what we did, didn't we, Audrey? We learned to be brave when it was easier to be afraid.

What harm does lying cause? One loses people’s trust. And once one loses trust, he becomes worthless.

The only thing that feels right is as wrong as it can get

You've got nothing to worry about. The righteous do not always right, but their souls remain pure. -Lassiter the Angel

A penumbra of sombre dignity has descended over his reputation.

We're all in different scenarios, we all make mistakes, we all break stuff, but we're not perfect, we couldn't [be] - it doesn't matter what you build.

I seem to have very polite fans, not fanatical ones.

Ooh. Top secret angel business, huh? What’re you going to do? Dance on a pinhead? Lobby for National Cute Puppy Day?

The reason social media is so difficult for most organizations: It’s a process, not an event.

Mileage makes champions