Don't lie about it. You made a mistake. Admit it and move on. Just don't do it again. Ever. ― Anthony Bourdain

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You have to be a romantic to invest yourself, your money, and your time in cheese. ― Anthony Bourdain

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Skills can be taught. Character you either have or you don’t have. - Anthony Bourdain

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Good food is very often, even most often, simple food. ― Anthony Bourdain

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That without experimentation, a willingness to ask questions and try new things, we shall surely become static, repetitive, moribund. ― Anthony Bourdain

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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. Most of the time, those marks - on your body or on your heart - are beautiful. Often, though, they hurt. ― Anthony Bourdain

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The only sure way to avoid making mistakes is to have no new ideas. - Albert Einstein

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Vegetarians, and their Hezbollah-like splinter faction, the vegans ... are the enemy of everything good and decent in the human spirit. ― Anthony Bourdain

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Skills can be taught. Character you either have or you don't have. ― Anthony Bourdain

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I lurched away from the table after a few hours feeling like Elvis in Vegas - fat, drugged, and completely out of it. ― Anthony Bourdain

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