104 Quotes by Jon Taffer

I can change businesses, but I can't change people.

I think success is a relative term. If you're a caveman, success is capturing an elephant. Success is achieving better than the norm. Success is being exceptional. It's exceptional reputation, exceptional income, and exceptional respect.

I've traveled the world, and as an America,n I get insulted when people say American businesses aren't respected overseas. Look at how our food and beverage companies do around the world. We are regarded as the best at this. A lot of what we do here is exportable, and I don't think there's anybody that does it better in the whole world.

Government employees make a good amount of money - income levels are very high in Washington, D.C. compared to other markets, so they are living in a bubble.

Excuses destroy success every time.

Any time a bar or chef cares more about their own ego than the tastes and comforts of their customers, they should just open a monument to themselves and not a business.

The fact of the matter is that the most important responsibility a bar owner has is public safety and the safety of the people in it.

Eating something with someone is the second most sensual and intimate thing you can do in life. The experience can't just be about consumption.

The simple things can be really powerful.