Anthony Bourdain Quotes

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• I'm really good at sleeping on planes. I mean, I smell jet fuel and I'm out; I'm asleep for takeoff.
• If anything is good for pounding humility into you permanently, it's the restaurant business.
• If you get an opportunity to work with David Simon, anybody with good taste would.
• 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 women.
• In America, there might be better gastronomic destinations than New Orleans, but there is no place more uniquely wonderful.
• Is there a sharper commentary on American culture and the world than The Simpsons?
• It would be an egregious mistake to ever refer to me in the same breath as most of the people I write about.
• My mom had Julia Child and 'The Fannie Farmer Cookbook' on top of the refrigerator, and she had a small repertoire of French dishes.
• People's choice to become vegan, from people I've spoken to, seems motivated by fear.
• Sometimes the greatest meals on vacations are the ones you find when Plan A falls through.
• What nicer thing can you do for somebody than make them breakfast?
• You know, from age 17 on, my paycheck was coming from cooking and working in kitchens.
• You learn a lot about someone when you share a meal together.
• People are generally proud of their food. A willingness to eat and drink with people without fear and prejudice... they open up to you in…
• The notion that before you even set out to go to Thailand, you say, 'I'm not interested,' or you're unwilling to try things that people…
• You can call me the bad boy chef all you want. I'm not going to freak out about it. I'm not that bad. I'm certainly…
• An employer of mine back in the '80s was kind enough to take me on after a rough patch, and it made a big difference…
• As I see it, fast food outfits have targeted small children with their advertising in a very effective way. You know, it's clowns and kid's…
• At the end of the day, the TV show is the best job in the world. I get to go anywhere I want, eat and…
• Big stuff and little: learning how to order breakfast in a country where I don't speak the language and haven't been before - that's really…

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