"At twenty a man is full of fight and hope. He wants to reform the world. When he is seventy he still wants to reform the world, but he know he can't."

"When I was born I was so ugly the doctor slapped my mother."

"My wife's jealousy is getting ridiculous. The other day she looked at my calendar and wanted to know who May was."

"A girl phoned me the other day and said... 'Come on over, there's nobody home.' I went over. Nobody was home."

"I'm working harder than ever now, and I'm putting on my pants the same as I always have. I just get up every day and try to do a little better than the day before, and that is to run a great restaurant with great food, great wine, and great service. That's my philosophy."

"An idea is a delicate seed; water it with curiosity and protect it from cynicism — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"I say grace. I'm a big believer in grace. I happen to believe in a God that made all the food and so I'm pretty grateful for that and I thank him for that. But I'm also thankful for the people that put the food on the table."

"An idea is a delicate seed; water it with curiosity and protect it from cynicism. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon."