I've sat in sushi bars, really fine ones, and I know how hard this guy worked, how proud he is. I know… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
I love New York. I'm a guy for whom a New York accent is a comforting thing. — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
I wouldn't want to compare myself to David Byrne whom I consider a genius, but what I think what we have in… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
Free time is my enemy. I recognized early on I'm not a guy who should have a lot of time to contemplate… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
Most of the time, I'm fighting guys who are 22 years old, former college wrestlers, athletes, kids who are in much better… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
I'm always secretly the most pleased when a show just really, really looks good and when my camera guys are really happy… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
One of life's terrible truths is that women like guys who seem to know what they're doing. — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
I am a delightfully evangelical guy about things I love. I am that annoying guy who sits everyone down and forces them… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
I'm not impressed by any cooks who can brag about a filet mignon. A guy who can take the neck of a… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
I'm not Ted Nugent. My house is run, essentially, by an adopted, fully clawed cat with a mean nature. I would never… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
Anything that improves people's expectations of a meal is good for the world. Anything that weans even one kid or one adult… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
Few things are more beautiful to me than a bunch of thuggish, heavily tattooed line cooks moving around each other like ballerinas… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
I look at Guy Fieri and I just think, 'Jesus, I'm glad that's not me.' — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
I'm a guy who should not have a lot of free time. But when it comes to vacation, I like to pull… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
[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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The Italians seem to have a better attitude with kids and the food is great! — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image