Anthony Bourdain

Everything important I learned, I learned as a dishwasher.

— Anthony Bourdain

[When I die], I will decidedly not be regretting missed opportunities for a good time. My regrets will be more along the…

— 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…

— Anthony Bourdain

The Italians seem to have a better attitude with kids and the food is great!

— 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…

— Anthony Bourdain

At the end of the day, the TV show is the best job in the world. I get to go anywhere I…

— 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…

— 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…

— Anthony Bourdain

“I saw how three or four ingredients, as long as they are of the highest and freshest quality, can be combined in…

— Anthony Bourdain

My mom had Julia Child and 'The Fannie Farmer Cookbook' on top of the refrigerator, and she had a small repertoire of…

— Anthony Bourdain

If you go to working class, and working poor areas of America, the food sources that are relegated to them are generally…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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,…

— 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.…

— Anthony Bourdain

Sometimes the greatest meals on vacations are the ones you find when Plan A falls through.

— Anthony Bourdain

For me, the cooking life has been a long love affair, with moments both sublime and ridiculous.

— Anthony Bourdain

People's choice to become vegan, from people I've spoken to, seems motivated by fear.

— Anthony Bourdain

I managed to reach a depth of self-loathing that usually takes a night of drinking to achieve.

— Anthony Bourdain

One of my few virtues - I don't have a lot of them - would be a deep sense of curiosity. I'm…

— Anthony Bourdain

“And I’m not going to tell you here how to live your life. I’m just saying, I guess, that I got very…

— Anthony Bourdain

Drink heavily with locals whenever possible.

— Anthony Bourdain

I love New York. I'm a guy for whom a New York accent is a comforting thing.

— Anthony Bourdain

I can unload my opinion on anybody at anytime.

— Anthony Bourdain

I lurched away from the table after a few hours feeling like Elvis in Vegas - fat, drugged, and completely out of…

— Anthony Bourdain