546 Quotes by Anthony Bourdain

I'm very proud of the Rome episode of 'No Reservations' because it violated all the conventional wisdom about making television. You're never, ever supposed to do a food or travel show in black and white.

New Orleans is a glorious mutation

Naturally, I'm misanthropic. But the Negronis are helping considerably.

I'm a control freak. If you're going to slap my name on something, I would like to control it.

I love New York. I'm a guy for whom a New York accent is a comforting thing.

There's always this assumption that you're going to get everything right immediately. And any professional understands that that's just not so.

The notion that before you even set out to go to Thailand, you say, 'I'm not interested,' or you're unwilling to try things that people take so personally and are so proud of and so generous with, I don't understand that, and I think it's rude. You're at Grandma's house, you eat what Grandma serves you.

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. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind.

Since the very beginning, Emeril's had a sense of humor about me calling him names and poking fun at him.