I love Alain de Botton and listen to his little 'School of…

I threw myself into the only thing I ever felt passionate about, the only thing that has ever saved my life, which is YouTube.

— Tana Mongeau

In 1997, Alain de Botton published his book 'How Proust Can Change Your Life.' I was charmed by it. I remember using it in…

— Amitava Kumar

“Essayist and philosopher Alain de Botton describes art as “an apothecary for the soul.”

— Arianna Huffington

“Work finally begins,” says Alain de Botton, “when the fear of doing nothing exceeds the fear of doing it badly.”

— Megan McArdle

“Q: Are there any secrets to long-lasting relationships?     A: Infidelity. Not the act itself, but the threat of it. For Proust, an injection of…

— Esther Perel

“We seek abroad what is missing in our own lives, what we hunger for in vain at home. (Alain de Botton)”

— Scott Driscoll

“People only get really interesting when they start to rattle the bars of their cages. — Alain de Botton,”

— Alistair Croll

In the spirit of Julian Barnes's Flaubert's Parrot and Alain de Botton's How Proust Can Change Your Life, Mr. Dyer's Out of Sheer Rage…

— Christopher Lehmann-Haupt

“If they’re forced into a challenge they don’t feel prepared for, they may even engage in what psychologists call “self-handicapping”: deliberately doing things that…

— Megan McArdle

The thought processes that go through my head when I'm playing a game compared to the thought processes in real life are very, very…

— John Romero

Really, I don't know what I'd do with myself if I retire. Wash dishes?

— Loretta Lynn

Simple diet is best: for many dishes bring many diseases, and rich sauces are worse than even heaping several meats upon each other.

— Pliny the Elder

I go to my mom's house and she'll make me do the dishes or clean up.

— Gabriella Wilson

I had my first French meal and I never got over it. It was just marvelous. We had oysters and a lovely dry white…

— Julia Child

I enjoy cooking, but stick to modern dishes.

— David Starkey