I’m not going anywhere. I hope. It’s been an adventure. We took some casualties over the years. Things got broken. Things got lost. But I wouldn’t have missed it for the world.
ANTHONY BOURDAINI lurched away from the table after a few hours feeling like Elvis in Vegas – fat, drugged, and completely out of it.
More Anthony Bourdain Quotes
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To me, life without veal stock, pork fat, sausage, organ meat, demi-glace, or even stinky cheese is a life not worth living.
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I know what I want. I want it all. I want to try everything once.
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He doesn’t yearn for a better, different life than the one he has – because he knows he’s got a home in this one.
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Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you.
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Skills can be taught. Character you either have or you don’t have.
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What’s the opposite of suck? Un-suck?
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Without new ideas, success can become stale.
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Avoid at all costs that vile spew you see rotting in oil in screwtop jars. Too lazy to peel fresh? You don’t deserve to eat garlic.
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If you’re twenty-two, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you to travel – as far and as widely as possible. Sleep on floors if you have to. Find out how other people live and eat and cook. Learn from them – wherever you go.
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Cream rises. Excellence does have its rewards.
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Our movements through time and space seem somehow trivial compared to a heap of boiled meat in broth, the smell of saffron, garlic, fishbone, and Pernod.
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Garlic is divine. Few food items can taste so many distinct ways, handled correctly. Misuse of garlic is a crime, Please, treat your garlic with respect.
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An ounce of sauce covers a multitude of sins.
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You have to be a romantic to invest yourself, your money, and your time in cheese.
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This, I knew, was the magic I had until now been only dimly and spitefully aware of.
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