"I'm certainly dismayed by what I'm seeing..." - Quote 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.”

“Just because we are not Italian, does not mean we cannot appreciate Michelangelo, it is the same with cuisine.”

“Only Texans and Jews understand brisket”

“Hold on to your dreams for they are, in a sense, the stuff of which reality is made. It is through our dreams that we maintain the possibility of a better, more meaningful life.”

“Our blessed radio. It gives us eyes and ears out into the world. We listen to the German station only for good music. And we listen to the BBC for hope.”

“Come, for the House of Hope is built on sand: bring wine, for the fabric of life is as weak as the wind.”

“One of the great movements in my lifetime among educated people is the need to commit themselves to action. Most people are not satisfied with giving money; we also feel we need to work.”

“Every day or two, I strolled to the village to hear some of the gossip which is incessantly going on there, circulating either from mouth to mouth, or from newspaper to newspaper, and which, taken in homeopathic doses, was really as refreshing in its way as the rustle of leaves and the peeping of frogs.”

“I usually say what I really think. A great mistake nowadays. It makes one so liable to be misunderstood.”