Anthony Bourdain Quotes

“I don’t have any delusions. I don’t think I’m an auteur.”

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

“Assume the worst. About everybody. But don’t let it stop you.”

“If anything is good for pounding humility into you permanently, it’s the restaurant business.”

“I learned long ago that trying to micromanage the perfect vacation is always a disaster. That leads to terrible times.”

“Work on developing the ability to point out contradictions in people’s arguments.”

“I’m happiest experiencing life, without a filter between me and the world.”

“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.”

“Luck is not a business model.”

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

“We ask simply that you respect our existence.”

“The journey is part of the experience.”

“Your most closely held beliefs should always be subject to intense and repeated questioning.”

“Good food is very often, even most often, simple food.”

“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.”

“I can do nothing else. I can’t write without a reader. It’s precisely like a kiss—you can’t do it alone.”

“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.”

“I’m not afraid to look like an idiot.”

“Open your mind, get up off the couch, move.”

“I love New York. In New York, the whole world comes to you.”

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

“Don’t lie about it. You made a mistake. Admit it and move on.”

“Good food and good eating are about risk.”

“You’re never going to get a regular job again, because people will be constantly analyzing your every move.”

“I’m a big believer that you should say yes to people.”

“If I’m an advocate for anything, it’s to move. As far as you can, as much as you can.”

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

“The journey is part of the experience—an expression of the seriousness of one’s intent.”

Anthony Bourdain Quotes :

“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.”

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

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

“I believe in what I do, but I’m not a hard man to track down; I’m really not.”

“I’m a big believer in winging it. I’m a big believer that you should say yes to people.”

“I believe in living life the way that you want to.”

“There is no final resting place of the mind.”

“I wanted kicks—the kind of melodramatic thrills and chills I’d yearned for since childhood.”

“You have to be a romantic to invest yourself, your money, and your time in cheese.”

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