I learned a long time ago that trying to micromanage the perfect vacation is always a disaster. That leads to terrible times. — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
That without experimentation, a willingness to ask questions and try new things, we shall surely become static, repetitive, moribund. — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
There is no other place on earth even remotely like New Orleans. Don't even try to compare it to anywhere else. — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
I'm in no position to try to tell people how to live their family life. — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
I'm a pretty decent writer. It comes easy to me. I don't agonize over sentences. I write like I talk. I try… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
I try to very hard to avoid a situation where I would be eating cat or dog; I've managed to gracefully avoid… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
What is left of the poor? Try to buy a fresh f**king vegetable in West Baltimore. It is a not completely inconceivable… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
The roots of creativity of cooking are hungry people trying to figure out how to take something that's not particularly fresh or… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
I often look ridiculous in Japan. There's really no way to eat in Japan, particularly kaiseki in a traditional ryokan, without offending… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
I write quickly with a sense of urgency. I don't edit myself out of existence, meaning I'll try to write 50 or… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
It's wrong I think, morally and annoying in general, to try to get a kid to be a foodie, so I never… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
Do we really want to travel in hermetically sealed popemobiles through the rural provinces of France, Mexico and the Far East, eating… — 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… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
It’s an irritating reality that many places and events defy description. Angkor Wat and Machu Picchu, for instance, seem to demand silence,… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
I'm not trying to explain other cultures, or to give a fair and balanced account of a country, or the top ten… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
Never try to get your kid to eat anything she doesn't already want to eat. Just eat interesting stuff in front of… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
Trying to micromanage the perfect vacation is always a disaster. That leads to terrible times. If you get lost and you just… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
Bad food is made without pride, by cooks who have no pride, and no love. Bad food is made by chefs who… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
I’m a big believer in winging it. I’m a big believer that you’re never going to find perfect city travel experience or… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
The notion that before you even set out to go to Thailand, you say, 'I'm not interested,' or you're unwilling to try… — 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
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
The Italians seem to have a better attitude with kids and the food is great! — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share
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
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
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
“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
“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
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
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
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
“Imagine… There’s a roast goose in Hong Kong—Mongkok, near the outskirts of the city, the place looks like any other. But you sink your… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share
If I'm an advocate for anything, it's to move. As far as you can, as much as you can. Across the ocean, or simply… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share
“The essence of cool, after all, is not giving a fuck. And let’s face it: I most definitely give a fuck now. I give… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share
