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 BOURDAINThe journey is part of the experience – an expression of the seriousness of one’s intent. One doesn’t take the A train to Mecca.
More Anthony Bourdain Quotes
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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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People confuse me. Food doesn’t.
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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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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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And chicken is boring. Chefs see it as a menu item for people who don’t know what they want to eat.
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I’ve long believed that good food, good eating, is all about risk.
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Only desperation can account for what the Chinese do in the name of ‘medicine.’
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Open your mind, get up off the couch, move.
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Cream rises. Excellence does have its rewards.
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I could eat bloody Elvis – if you put enough vinegar on him.
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I had field experience, a vocabulary, and a criminal mind. I was a danger to myself and others.
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Context and memory play powerful roles in all the truly great meals in one’s life.
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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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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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You have to be a romantic to invest yourself, your money, and your time in cheese.
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