Anthony Bourdain

“Food is everything we are. It's an extension of nationalist feeling, ethnic feeling, your personal history, your province, your region, your tribe, your grandma.”

“If you’re twenty-two, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you to travel – as far and as widely as possible.”

“You learn a lot about someone when you share a meal together.”

“I've long believed that good food, good eating, is all about risk.”

“I don’t have to agree with you to like you or respect you.”

“What's the most terrifying thing? A blank page.”

“Your body is not a temple, it's an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.”

“Travel isn't always pretty. It isn't always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that's okay. The journey changes you; it should change you.”

“Without experimentation, a willingness to ask questions and try new things, we shall surely become static, repetitive, and moribund.”

“Maybe that's enlightenment enough: to know that there is no final resting place of the mind; no moment of smug clarity. Perhaps wisdom... is realizing how small I am, and unwise, and how far I have yet to go.”

“Luck is not a business model.”

“Without new ideas, success can become stale.”

“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.”

“Skills can be taught. Character you either have or you don't have.”

“Barbecue may not be the road to world peace, but it's a start.”

“Context and memory play powerful roles in all the truly great meals in one's life.”

“Travel is about the gorgeous feeling of teetering in the unknown.”

“The journey is part of the experience - an expression of the seriousness of one's intent. One doesn't take the A train to Mecca.”

“Meals make the society, hold the fabric together in lots of ways.”

“The way you make an omelet reveals your character.”