Your body is not a temple, it’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.
ANTHONY BOURDAINIt’s very rarely a good career move to have a conscience.
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Frightened people become angry people – as history teaches us again and again.
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I don’t have to agree with you to like you or respect you.
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Skills can be taught. Character you either have or you don’t have.
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Don’t lie about it. You made a mistake. Admit it and move on. Just don’t do it again. Ever.
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Writing anything is a treason of sorts.
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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.
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The way you make an omelet reveals your character.
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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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I lurched away from the table after a few hours feeling like Elvis in Vegas – fat, drugged, and completely out of it.
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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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Under ‘Reasons for Leaving Last Job’, never give the real reason, unless it’s money or ambition.
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I am in no way supportive of hunting for trophies or sport – would never do it and don’t like it that others do. But if you kill it, then eat it, it’s fine.
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Perhaps omelet skills should be learned at the same time you learn to fuck.
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Without new ideas, success can become stale.
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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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Good food and good eating are about risk.
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I know what I want. I want it all. I want to try everything once.
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The idea of America is a mutt-culture, isn’t it? Who the hell is America if not everybody else?
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It’s an irritating reality that many places and events defy description.
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There’s something wonderful about drinking in the afternoon. A not-too-cold pint, absolutely alone at the bar – even in this fake-ass Irish pub.
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I’m a big believer in winging it. I’m a big believer that you’re never going to find the perfect city travel experience or the perfect meal without a constant willingness to experience a bad one.
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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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I could eat bloody Elvis – if you put enough vinegar on him.
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There is no Final Resting Place of the Mind.
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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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People confuse me. Food doesn’t.
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