--- title: "19 Want Quotes By Anthony Bourdain" description: "19 Want quotes by Anthony Bourdain. Plus more from Anthony Bourdain and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5d/anthony-bourdain-649_beautiful_i-didn-t-want-food-that-looked-unapproac_261482.jpg" --- > [I didn't want food that looked unapproachable or ridiculously beautiful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/i-didn-t-want-food-that-looked-unapproachable-or-ridiculously/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5d/anthony-bourdain-649_beautiful_i-didn-t-want-food-that-looked-unapproac_261482.jpg) > [Thinking that your story is so interesting that other people will want to listen to it or read it or pay to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/thinking-that-your-story-is-so-interesting-that-other-people-will/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05b/anthony-bourdain-649_interesting_thinking-that-your-story-is-so-interesti_1334246.jpg) > [Never try to get your kid to eat anything she doesn't already want to eat. Just eat interesting stuff in front of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/never-try-to-get-your-kid-to-eat-anything-she-doesn-t-already-want-to/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/095/anthony-bourdain-649_fronts_never-try-to-get-your-kid-to-eat-anythin_1062737.jpg) > [Do you really want to make risotto to order when you have eight guests sitting there? No. It won't work. Most cookbooks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/do-you-really-want-to-make-risotto-to-order-when-you-have-eight/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/357/anthony-bourdain-649_cookbook_do-you-really-want-to-make-risotto-to-or_2430182.jpg) > [I can't do exercises regularly because my schedule changes from day to day. I'm okay with hurting myself, like I'll lift something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/i-can-t-do-exercises-regularly-because-my-schedule-changes-from-day/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42c/anthony-bourdain-649_day-to-day_i-can-t-do-exercises-regularly-because-m_1587320.jpg) > [You'd have a hard time finding anything better than Barcelona for food, as far as being a hub. Given a choice between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/you-d-have-a-hard-time-finding-anything-better-than-barcelona-for/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54d/anthony-bourdain-649_barcelona_you-d-have-a-hard-time-finding-anything_582520.jpg) > [I wouldn't want to compare myself to David Byrne whom I consider a genius, but what I think what we have in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/i-wouldn-t-want-to-compare-myself-to-david-byrne-whom-i-consider-a/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cf/anthony-bourdain-649_common_i-wouldn-t-want-to-compare-myself-to-dav_439103.jpg) > [At the end of the day, the TV show is the best job in the world. I get to go anywhere I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/at-the-end-of-the-day-the-tv-show-is-the-best-job-in-the-world-i-get/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0c/anthony-bourdain-649_best_at-the-end-of-the-day-the-tv-show-is-the_53502.jpg) > [You can call me the bad boy chef all you want. I'm not going to freak out about it. I'm not that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/you-can-call-me-the-bad-boy-chef-all-you-want-i-m-not-going-to-freak/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad9/anthony-bourdain-649_about_you-can-call-me-the-bad-boy-chef-all-you_2176978.jpg) > [The world they live in now is in no way the world the Michelin system was set up to evaluate back in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/the-world-they-live-in-now-is-in-no-way-the-world-the-michelin-system/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/022/anthony-bourdain-649_business_the-world-they-live-in-now-is-in-no-way_2193060.jpg) > [PETA doesn't want stressed animals to be cruelly crowded into sheds, ankle-deep in their own crap, because they don't want any animals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/peta-doesn-t-want-stressed-animals-to-be-cruelly-crowded-into-sheds/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ac/anthony-bourdain-649_animal_peta-doesn-t-want-stressed-animals-to-be_851456.jpg) > [Do we really want to travel in hermetically sealed popemobiles through the rural provinces of France, Mexico and the Far East, eating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/do-we-really-want-to-travel-in-hermetically-sealed-popemobiles/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e4/anthony-bourdain-649_cafes_do-we-really-want-to-travel-in-hermetica_358675.jpg) > [I've sat in sushi bars, really fine ones, and I know how hard this guy worked, how proud he is. I know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/i-ve-sat-in-sushi-bars-really-fine-ones-and-i-know-how-hard-this-guy/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfb/anthony-bourdain-649_bars_i-ve-sat-in-sushi-bars-really-fine-ones_69134.jpg) > [I guess my whole life, as much as I might have wanted a child for the reason that everybody wants one, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/i-guess-my-whole-life-as-much-as-i-might-have-wanted-a-child-for-the/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/766/anthony-bourdain-649_children_i-guess-my-whole-life-as-much-as-i-might_1524141.jpg) > [There are chefs who are spectacular technicians, and often their food is worth eating once or twice, but if there's no heart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/there-are-chefs-who-are-spectacular-technicians-and-often-their-food/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9be/anthony-bourdain-649_chef_there-are-chefs-who-are-spectacular-tech_1003980.jpg) > [Is it a good hot dog? That’s all I want to know … I don’t think the personal health and purity of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/is-it-a-good-hot-dog-that-s-all-i-want-to-know-i-don-t-think-the/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39f/anthony-bourdain-649_business_is-it-a-good-hot-dog-that-s-all-i-want-t_1573336.jpg) > [I hated the Naked Chef. Fine, yes, he did good things for school food or whatever, but, you know, I don't want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/i-hated-the-naked-chef-fine-yes-he-did-good-things-for-school-food-or/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0a/anthony-bourdain-649_adorable_i-hated-the-naked-chef-fine-yes-he-did-g_2959646.jpg) > [I go anywhere I want, do whatever I want when I get there, they let me make self-indulgent TV about that experience,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/i-go-anywhere-i-want-do-whatever-i-want-when-i-get-there-they-let-me/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb5/anthony-bourdain-649_creative_i-go-anywhere-i-want-do-whatever-i-want_2290941.jpg) > [I'm not searching for hard news; I'm not a journalist, but I'm interested in pushing to boundaries of where we can do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/i-m-not-searching-for-hard-news-i-m-not-a-journalist-but-i-m/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4d/anthony-bourdain-649_big-world_i-m-not-searching-for-hard-news-i-m-not_2299580.jpg) ## Other authors on Want ## More by Anthony Bourdain > [Everything important I learned, I learned as a dishwasher.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/everything-important-i-learned-i-learned-as-a-dishwasher/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/when-i-die-i-will-decidedly-not-be-regretting-missed-opportunities/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/i-m-at-my-most-productive-before-i-even-have-my-first-cup-of-coffee-i/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) > [The Italians seem to have a better attitude with kids and the food is great!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/the-italians-seem-to-have-a-better-attitude-with-kids-and-the-food-is/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/just-because-i-like-sushi-doesn-t-mean-i-can-make-sushi-i-ve-come-to/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/at-the-end-of-the-day-the-tv-show-is-the-best-job-in-the-world-i-get/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/i-ve-sat-in-sushi-bars-really-fine-ones-and-i-know-how-hard-this-guy/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/what-s-the-most-frightening-thing-to-a-child-the-pain-of-being-the/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/i-saw-how-three-or-four-ingredients-as-long-as-they-are-of-the/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/my-mom-had-julia-child-and-the-fannie-farmer-cookbook-on-top-of-the/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/if-you-go-to-working-class-and-working-poor-areas-of-america-the-food/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/you-realize-after-you-travel-enough-that-there-s-some-things-that-no/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/imagine-there-s-a-roast-goose-in-hong-kong-mongkok-near-the-outskirts/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/if-i-m-an-advocate-for-anything-it-s-to-move-as-far-as-you-can-as/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/the-essence-of-cool-after-all-is-not-giving-a-fuck-and-let-s-face-it/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/anthony-bourdain/#itemlist", "name": "19 Want Quotes By Anthony Bourdain", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I didn't want food that looked unapproachable or ridiculously beautiful.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anthony Bourdain" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/i-didn-t-want-food-that-looked-unapproachable-or-ridiculously/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5d/anthony-bourdain-649_beautiful_i-didn-t-want-food-that-looked-unapproac_261482.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5d/anthony-bourdain-649_beautiful_i-didn-t-want-food-that-looked-unapproac_261482.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5d/anthony-bourdain-649_beautiful_i-didn-t-want-food-that-looked-unapproac_261482.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I didn't want food that looked unapproachable or ridiculously beautiful.” — Anthony Bourdain", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Thinking that your story is so interesting that other people will want to listen to it or read it or pay to hear it, that's - what kind of person thinks that? 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