The old days were slower. People buttered their bread without guilt and sat down to dinner en famille.

No one who cooks, cooks alone. Even at her most solitary, a cook in the kitchen is surrounded by generations of cooks past, the advice and menus of cooks present, the wisdom of cookbook writers.

A world without tomatoes is like a string quartet without violins.

When I was alone, I lived on eggplant, the stove top cook's strongest ally.

People who like to cook like to talk about food....without one cook giving another cook a tip or two, human life might have died out a long time ago.

Lentils are friendly - the Miss Congeniality of the bean world.

And, for an unsurpassed double whammy, there is talking about eating while you are eating with friends.

The table is a meeting place, a gathering ground, the source of sustenance and nourishment, festivity, safety, and satisfaction. A person cooking is a person giving: Even the simplest food is a gift.

Friendship is not possible between two women one of whom is very well dressed.

A person cooking is a person giving. Even the simplest food is a gift.

We need time to defuse, to contemplate. Just as in sleep our brains relax and give us dreams, so at some time in the day we need to disconnect, reconnect, and look around us.

A mere love of wisdom is often enough to make oneself wiser.

Don't allow anyone to talk you out from the habit of following your true passion in life. People are not God

We have nothing to fear but our mothers.

I'm against an all-white anything or an all-black anything.

By creating an artificial environment, we're not stimulating our immune system enough. Germs are immune-stimulants. They challenge you to be prepared.

The winner of this tournament doesn't just win a major. He become a part of the history of the game.

There would be a lot more optimists if it weren't for the rise-and-shine requierement.

Happiness," said he, "must be something solid and permanent, without fear and without uncertainty.

People do not respect music anymore... They go by what's hot... If you're hot, you deserve 4 or 5 Grammys... Madonna is a genius and she only has 2 or 3 Grammys... What is that about?

There's no substitute for a great love who says, 'No matter what's wrong with you, you're welcome at this table.'