"Luck is not a business model...." - Quote by Anthony Bourdain

“If anything is good for pounding humility into you permanently, it's the restaurant business.”

“Free time is my enemy. I recognized early on I'm not a guy who should have a lot of time to contemplate the mysteries of the universe. I need to stay busy... That's just the nature of my demons.”

“I learned a long time ago that trying to micromanage the perfect vacation is always a disaster. That leads to terrible times.”

“The new always looks so puny-so unpromising-next to the reality of the massive, ongoing business.”

“A holding company is a thing where you hand an accomplice the goods while the policeman searches you.”

“Drugs have been in the game for a long time. They were there when I was in college, and even in high school. It's in life. It's in business. It's everywhere.”

“You know, I look like a woman but I think like a man. And in this world of business, that has helped me a lot. Because by the time they think that I don't know what's goin' on, I then got the money, and gone.”

“Once a man has made a commitment to a way of life, he puts the greatest strength in the world behind him. It's something we call heart power. Once a man has made this commitment, nothing will stop him short of success.”

“As one's gifts increase, his friends decrease.”