Generous Quote by Anthony Bourdain

“Thinking about anything interesting?” I shrug and force my brain to stay with safer topics. “I didn’t know you could feed a baby Thai…

— Brigid Kemmerer

“Thai culture, while rare in its distrust of thinking, is not unique. The Inuit frown upon thinking. It indicates someone is either crazy or…

— Eric Weiner

I'm very Asian, and also my mom raised me to be polite and to eat whatever is put in front of me. I actually…

— Mirai Nagasu

“My mom had this habit of speaking Chinese in front of Americans. She didn't give a fuck that they probably thought it was rude.…

— Eddie Huang

When you see in places like Africa and parts of Asia abject poverty, hungry children and malnutrition around you, and you look at yourself…

— Ratan Tata

“It can be a mean world; sadly, there is no shortage of rude people. Throughout my travels, I pleasantly discovered that if you are…

— Susan C. Young

My grandmother used to teach me that it's bad manners to invite yourself to somebody's house.

— Andrey Arshavin

I feel very uncomfortable when I eat in restaurants. I'm obnoxiously polite with the waiters: 'I just want a tuna sandwich. I'll go get…

— Dana Gould

I hate it when people are impolite to waiters or to the valet or the guy in the supermarket. There's no need for that;…

— Ashley Madekwe

Thai food ain't about simplicity. It's about the juggling of disparate elements to create a harmonious finish. Like a complex musical chord it's got…

— David

Food makes travel so exceptional, because you get to taste what it's actually supposed to taste like. To eat the real Pad Thai or…

— Meghan Markle

The challenge of manners is not so much to be nice to someone whose favor and/or person you covet (although more people need to…

— Judith Martin