--- title: "18 Years Quotes By Anthony Bourdain" description: "18 Years quotes by Anthony Bourdain. Plus more from Anthony Bourdain and more Years sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37c/anthony-bourdain-649_away_i-m-away-250-days-a-year-it-s-a-tough-si_2460931.jpg" --- > [I'm away 250 days a year. It's a tough situation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/i-m-away-250-days-a-year-it-s-a-tough-situation/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37c/anthony-bourdain-649_away_i-m-away-250-days-a-year-it-s-a-tough-si_2460931.jpg) > [When I was writing 'Kitchen Confidential,' I was in my 40s, I had never paid rent on time, I was 10 years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/when-i-was-writing-kitchen-confidential-i-was-in-my-40s-i-had-never/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aea/anthony-bourdain-649_behinds_when-i-was-writing-kitchen-confidential_389519.jpg) > [I'm not going anywhere. I hope. It's been an adventure. We took some casualties over the years. Things got broken. Things got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/i-m-not-going-anywhere-i-hope-it-s-been-an-adventure-we-took-some/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa5/anthony-bourdain-649_adventure_i-m-not-going-anywhere-i-hope-it-s-been_1167334.jpg) > [The fact of the matter is that, for years, the restaurant and service industry has been, to a great extent, built on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/the-fact-of-the-matter-is-that-for-years-the-restaurant-and-service/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c0/anthony-bourdain-649_built_the-fact-of-the-matter-is-that-for-years_3080056.jpg) > [If you've ever hauled a 28-pound two-year-old around New York, you'll find that men fold at the knees a lot quicker than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/if-you-ve-ever-hauled-a-28-pound-two-year-old-around-new-york-you-ll/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9b/anthony-bourdain-649_feminism_if-you-ve-ever-hauled-a-28-pound-two-yea_633839.jpg) > [I'm a comic nerd. I'm a former serious collector for much of my childhood and early teen years I wanted to draw…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/i-m-a-comic-nerd-i-m-a-former-serious-collector-for-much-of-my/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a2/anthony-bourdain-649_childhood_i-m-a-comic-nerd-i-m-a-former-serious-co_3152824.jpg) > [Having been a chef for some many years, I understand what it's like to work really, really hard to get good at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/having-been-a-chef-for-some-many-years-i-understand-what-it-s-like-to/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e92/anthony-bourdain-649_chef_having-been-a-chef-for-some-many-years-i_2955559.jpg) > [What you're going to be eating in the next year is decided by chefs. If the consensus is that pot-bellies are in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/what-you-re-going-to-be-eating-in-the-next-year-is-decided-by-chefs/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67e/anthony-bourdain-649_belly_what-you-re-going-to-be-eating-in-the-ne_1302785.jpg) > [I've been very careful about what I say yes to and what I say no to. And I think seriously always about...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/i-ve-been-very-careful-about-what-i-say-yes-to-and-what-i-say-no-to/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20d/anthony-bourdain-649_be-good_i-ve-been-very-careful-about-what-i-say_956865.jpg) > [Just because I like sushi, doesn't mean I can make sushi. I've come to well understand how many years just to get…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09f/anthony-bourdain-649_discipline_just-because-i-like-sushi-doesn-t-mean-i_50509.jpg) > [I was a journeyman chef of middling abilities. Whatever authority I have as a commenter on this world comes from the sheer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/i-was-a-journeyman-chef-of-middling-abilities-whatever-authority-i/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/176/anthony-bourdain-649_ability_i-was-a-journeyman-chef-of-middling-abil_2199476.jpg) > [I was a serious comic collector and fanboy as a kid. I wanted very badly to draw comic books for a lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/i-was-a-serious-comic-collector-and-fanboy-as-a-kid-i-wanted-very/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9f/anthony-bourdain-649_adolescence_i-was-a-serious-comic-collector-and-fanb_1986539.jpg) > [I travel 250 days a year. There are chef friends who I only see every couple of years. By conventional standards I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/i-travel-250-days-a-year-there-are-chef-friends-who-i-only-see-every/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/835/anthony-bourdain-649_bad-friend_i-travel-250-days-a-year-there-are-chef_657537.jpg) > [I've been cooking for a nine-year-old and her friends for the better part of seven or eight years. It's how I cook…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/i-ve-been-cooking-for-a-nine-year-old-and-her-friends-for-the-better/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00b/anthony-bourdain-649_absence_i-ve-been-cooking-for-a-nine-year-old-an_455838.jpg) > [We now have a generation of people who in many cases feel that if they become chefs, they'll get a TV show.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/we-now-have-a-generation-of-people-who-in-many-cases-feel-that-if/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c6/anthony-bourdain-649_arrangements_we-now-have-a-generation-of-people-who-i_905635.jpg) > [Let's at least acknowledge who is working in America right now and what our needs are, as well as the moral question…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/let-s-at-least-acknowledge-who-is-working-in-america-right-now-and/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbc/anthony-bourdain-649_acknowledge_let-s-at-least-acknowledge-who-is-workin_1306744.jpg) > [All of these concoctions that we think are Mexican, are in no way reflective of the deep, incredibly old, complex and sophisticated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/all-of-these-concoctions-that-we-think-are-mexican-are-in-no-way/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c24/anthony-bourdain-649_complexes_all-of-these-concoctions-that-we-think-a_2677786.jpg) > [Most of the time, I'm fighting guys who are 22 years old, former college wrestlers, athletes, kids who are in much better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/most-of-the-time-i-m-fighting-guys-who-are-22-years-old-former/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e03/anthony-bourdain-649_athlete_most-of-the-time-i-m-fighting-guys-who-a_1106269.jpg) ## Other authors on Years ## 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/years/anthony-bourdain/#itemlist", "name": "18 Years Quotes By Anthony Bourdain", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm away 250 days a year. 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