The only way to improve the chances for finding winners is to keep all the choices open and try them all.
Critics are like eunuchs: they know how, but they can't do it.
It is our duty to give meaning to the life of future generations by sharing our knowledge and experience; by teaching an appreciation of work well done and a respect for nature, the source of all life; by encouraging the young to venture off the beaten path and avoid complacency by challenging their emotions.
If an architect makes a mistake, he grows ivy to cover it. If a doctor makes a mistake, he covers it with soil. If a cook makes a mistake, he covers it with some sauce and says it is a new recipe.
Life is too short for cuisine minceur and for diets. Dietetic meals are like an opera without the orchestra.
The so-called nouvelle cuisine usually means not enough on your plate and too much on your bill.
Without butter, without eggs, there is no reason to come to France.
The first glass is for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the forth for my enemies.
Nature, my dear sir, is only a hypothesis.
And I came away from that experience, and it was a very difficult experience - I came to understand that you have to practice at being a good father and practice at being a good husband, just as you have to practice at being a good journalist.
I see a guy getting old. I try to not look in the mirror too much.