I'm definitely looking forward to the day when I stop working - if I ever stop working. I like the idea of keeling over in my tomato vines in Sardinia or northern Italy. Anthony Bourdain More Quotes by Anthony Bourdain More Quotes From Anthony Bourdain Very few restaurant workers could even dream of eating in the restaurants they work in. Many do not make a living wage. Anthony Bourdain restaurants eating dream Always entertain the possibility that something, no matter how squiggly and scary looking, might just be good. Anthony Bourdain scary matter might I managed to reach a depth of self-loathing that usually takes a night of drinking to achieve. Anthony Bourdain self drinking night I need the anesthetic qualities of the local fire water. Anthony Bourdain fire drinking water When do you stop to de-douche? Anthony Bourdain douches I'm not Ted Nugent. My house is run, essentially, by an adopted, fully clawed cat with a mean nature. I would never hunt. I would never wear fur. I would never go to a bullfight. I'm not really a meat and potatoes guy. Anthony Bourdain cat running mean I learned a long time ago that trying to micromanage the perfect vacation is always a disaster. That leads to terrible times. Anthony Bourdain vacation perfect long I like the fact that Melbourne always seems to support their chefs and promote them in ways I find really admirable. Anthony Bourdain support facts way It's very rarely a good career move to have a conscience. Anthony Bourdain conscience careers moving I do my very best to avoid shark fin. Anthony Bourdain fins sharks Is there a sharper commentary on American culture and the world than The Simpsons? Anthony Bourdain american-culture culture world I'm in no position to try to tell people how to live their family life. Anthony Bourdain family-life trying people If you've ever hauled a 28-pound two-year-old around New York, you'll find that men fold at the knees a lot quicker than women. Anthony Bourdain new-york men years Sometimes the greatest meals on vacations are the ones you find when Plan A falls through. Anthony Bourdain vacation meals fall To the extent I am known, I think I am known as a person who expresses his opinion freely about things - and I was sensitive to the possibility that if I was seen taking money for saying nice things about a product, my comments and choices and opinions would become, understandably, suspect. Anthony Bourdain nice choices thinking You dropped a 500-seat deuce on Times Square. Anthony Bourdain times-square deuces squares Even on the Serengeti, it ain't a barbecue if there ain't some kind of beer. Anthony Bourdain kind drinking beer This is the dream of all the world. The dream is to live in Granada. You know, work in the morning, have a one-hour in the afternoon, at night go out and have that life. You know. Go out and see your friends and eat tapa and drink red wine and be in a beautiful place. Anthony Bourdain dream morning beautiful Chefs are fond of hyperbole, so they can certainly talk that way. But on the whole, I think they probably have a more open mind than most people. Anthony Bourdain mind people thinking And now to sleep, to dream...perchance to fart. Anthony Bourdain fart dream sleep
