The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.
Perfection is lots of little things done well.
If the divine creator has taken pains to give us delicious and exquisite things to eat, the least we can do is prepare them well and serve them with ceremony.
As far as cuisine is concerned one must read everything, see everything, hear everything, try everything, observe everything, in order to retain in the end, just a little bit.
In all professions without doubt, but certainly in cooking one is a student all his life.
The duty of a good Cuisinier is to transmit to the next generation everything he has learned and experienced.
Success is the sum of a lot of small things done correctly.
In high school, I used to think it was "like sooooo cool" if a guy had an awesome car. Now none of that matters. These days I look for character and honesty and trust.
The ego is first and foremost a bodily ego; it is not merely a surface entity, but is itself the projection of a surface. If we wish to find an anatomical analogy for it we can best identify it with the 'cortical homunculus' of the anatomists, which stands on its head in the cortex, sticks up its heels, faces
But I don't like to, tell people how old I am. I like that to be a mystery.
I don't need power at the cost of spilled blood.