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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Your body is not a temple, it’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.
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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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I could eat bloody Elvis – if you put enough vinegar on him.
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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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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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No one understands and appreciates the American Dream of hard work leading to material rewards better than a non-American.
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Good food is very often, even most often, simple food.
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Frightened people become angry people – as history teaches us again and again.
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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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That without experimentation, a willingness to ask questions and try new things, we shall surely become static, repetitive, moribund.
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Writing anything is a treason of sorts.
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Few things are more beautiful to me than a bunch of thuggish, heavily tattooed line cooks moving around each other like ballerinas on a busy Saturday night.
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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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This, I knew, was the magic I had until now been only dimly and spitefully aware of.
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People confuse me. Food doesn’t.
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