Commentary Quotes by Anthony Bourdain

Everything important I learned, I learned as a dishwasher.

— Anthony Bourdain

[When I die], I will decidedly not be regretting missed opportunities for a good time. My regrets will be more along the lines of…

— Anthony Bourdain

I'm at my most productive before I even have my first cup of coffee. I only get slower and stupider as the day progresses.

— Anthony Bourdain

The Italians seem to have a better attitude with kids and the food is great!

— Anthony Bourdain

Just because I like sushi, doesn't mean I can make sushi. I've come to well understand how many years just to get sushi rice…

— Anthony Bourdain

At the end of the day, the TV show is the best job in the world. I get to go anywhere I want, eat…

— Anthony Bourdain

I've sat in sushi bars, really fine ones, and I know how hard this guy worked, how proud he is. I know you don't…

— Anthony Bourdain

“What’s the most frightening thing to a child? The pain of being the outsider, of looking ridiculous to others, of being teased or picked…

— Anthony Bourdain

“I saw how three or four ingredients, as long as they are of the highest and freshest quality, can be combined in a straightforward…

— Anthony Bourdain

My mom had Julia Child and 'The Fannie Farmer Cookbook' on top of the refrigerator, and she had a small repertoire of French dishes.

— Anthony Bourdain

If you go to working class, and working poor areas of America, the food sources that are relegated to them are generally limited to…

— Anthony Bourdain

You realize after you travel enough that there's some things that, no matter how good you are at making television, no matter how good…

— Anthony Bourdain