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266 quotes on life and the lessons it teaches — from the classics to the everyday.
“Either you run the day, or the day runs you.”
Jim Rohn
“Nothing will work unless you do.”
Maya Angelou
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”
Arthur Ashe
“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”
Confucius
“Context and memory play powerful roles in all the truly great meals in one's life.”
Anthony Bourdain · Medium Raw, 2010
“I'm a big believer in winging it. I'm a big believer that you're never going to find the perfect city travel experience or the perfect meal without a constant willingness to experience a bad one.”
Anthony Bourdain
“Do we really want to travel in hermetically sealed popemobiles through the rural provinces of France, Mexico and the Far East, eating only at Hard Rock Cafes and McDonalds? Or do we want to eat without fear, tearing into the local stew, the humble taqueria's mystery meat, the sincerely offered gift of a lightly grilled fish head?”
Anthony Bourdain · Kitchen Confidential, 2000
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“Do we really want to travel in hermetically sealed popemobiles through the rural provinces of France, Mexico and the Far East, eating only at Hard Rock Cafes and McDonalds? Or do we want to eat without fear, tearing into the local stew, the humble taqueria's mystery meat, the sincerely offered gift of a lightly grilled fish head?”
“The Way of the Pirate, as far as cooking goes, consists of a willingness to work hard, a willingness to put up with discomfort, and a certain recklessness.”
Anthony Bourdain · Kitchen Confidential, 2000
“Meals make the society, hold the fabric together in lots of ways that were charming and interesting and intoxicating to me.”
Anthony Bourdain
“I should have been dead at 30. I should not, by any rights, be sitting here talking to you.”
Anthony Bourdain
“Skills can be taught. Character you either have or you don't have.”
Anthony Bourdain
“I cook, I eat, I travel. That's my life. It could be worse.”
Anthony Bourdain
“I wanted adventure. I wanted to go up the Mekong like Conrad's character went up the Congo.”
Anthony Bourdain · Kitchen Confidential, 2000
“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 across the river.”
Anthony Bourdain · Parts Unknown
“Travel changes you. As you move through this life and this world you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life — and travel — leaves marks on you.”
Anthony Bourdain · The Nasty Bits, 2006
“Your body is not a temple, it's an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.”
Anthony Bourdain · Kitchen Confidential, 2000
