We're fragile, fragmented souls who are very sensitive to criticism.

Put your head down and work hard. Never wait for things to happen, make them happen for yourself through hard graft and not giving up.

I don't like looking back. I'm always constantly looking forward. I'm not the one to sort of sit and cry over spilt milk. I'm too busy looking for the next cow.

Chefs are nutters. They're all self-obsessed, delicate, dainty, insecure little souls and absolute psychopaths. Every last one of them.

Swearing is industry language. For as long as we're alive it's not going to change. You've got to be boisterous to get results.

If you want to become a great chef, you have to work with great chefs. And that's exactly what I did.

The minute you start compromising for the sake of massaging somebody's ego, that's it, game over.

Kitchens are hard environments and they form incredibly strong characters.

The problem with Yanks is they are wimps.

There's a bond among a kitchen staff, I think. You spend more time with your chef in the kitchen than you do with your own family.

Push your limit to the absolute extreme.

No one is polite to writers.

Your health is a long-range investment that will pay-off when you need it most.

I just hope bluegrass entertainers take care of their music and take care of their fans. If you don't practice, the man next door who is practicing will beat you.

The usefulness of the cup is its emptiness.

I don't care if people like my character. I just want them to think about the movie's message.

Fitness to me isn't about a crunch or a push up, it's about taking your power back.

Be, as many now are, luxurious to yourself, parsimonious to your friends. [Lat., Esto, ut nunc multi, dives tibi pauper amicis.]

John McCain is a liar and flip-flopper and panderer and bully and whiner. And it seems to be working.

When you are skinning your customers, you should leave some skin on to heal, so that you can skin them again.

Starbucks has kept me in the ministry.