To me, life without veal stock, pork fat, sausage, organ meat, demi-glace, or even stinky cheese is a life not worth living.
ANTHONY BOURDAINIt’s very rarely a good career move to have a conscience.
More Anthony Bourdain Quotes
-
-
Context and memory play powerful roles in all the truly great meals in one’s life.
ANTHONY BOURDAIN -
I had field experience, a vocabulary, and a criminal mind. I was a danger to myself and others.
ANTHONY BOURDAIN -
Your body is not a temple, it’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.
ANTHONY BOURDAIN -
Cream rises. Excellence does have its rewards.
ANTHONY BOURDAIN -
There is no Final Resting Place of the Mind.
ANTHONY BOURDAIN -
The journey is part of the experience – an expression of the seriousness of one’s intent. One doesn’t take the A train to Mecca.
ANTHONY BOURDAIN -
Skills can be taught. Character you either have or you don’t have.
ANTHONY BOURDAIN -
Travel changes you. As you move through this life and this world you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life—and travel—leaves marks on you.
ANTHONY BOURDAIN -
What’s the opposite of suck? Un-suck?
ANTHONY BOURDAIN -
Don’t touch my dick, don’t touch my knife.
ANTHONY BOURDAIN -
Only desperation can account for what the Chinese do in the name of ‘medicine.’
ANTHONY BOURDAIN -
The way you make an omelet reveals your character.
ANTHONY BOURDAIN -
Luck is not a business model.
ANTHONY BOURDAIN -
Good food is very often, even most often, simple food.
ANTHONY BOURDAIN -
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.
ANTHONY BOURDAIN