I was kind of an innocent hayseed from a middle-class, utterly nonintellectual background. Julia Child More Quotes by Julia Child More Quotes From Julia Child Always remember: If you're alone in the kitchen and you drop the lamb, you can always just pick it up. Who's going to know? Julia Child kitchencookingfood A party without cake is really just a meeting. Julia Child cakepartyfood Anything that says 'healthy' I say away from... Giving up butter, for instance, means that in about two years you will be covered in dandruff. Julia Child giving-upmeanyears It's fun to get together and have something good to eat at least once a day. That's what human life is all about - enjoying things. Julia Child yummyfoodfun Cooking is one failure after another, and that's how you finally learn. Julia Child culinarycookingfood If you're not ready to fail, you're not going to learn how to cook. Julia Child cooksreadyfailing Just like becoming an expert in wine–you learn by drinking it, the best you can afford–you learn about great food by finding the best there is, whether simply or luxurious. The you savor it, analyze it, and discuss it with your companions, and you compare it with other experiences. Julia Child winedrinkingfood It's so beautifully arranged on the plate - you know someone's fingers have been all over it. Julia Child culinarycookingfood It is hard to imagine a civilization without onions. Julia Child onionskitchencivilization I don't use the word gourmet. The word doesn't mean anything anymore. 'Gourmet' makes it sound like someone is putting sherry wine in the corn-flake casserole. Julia Child corn-flakeswinemean Drama is very important in life: You have to come on with a bang. You never want to go out with a whimper. Everything can have drama if it's done right. Even a pancake. Julia Child bangsimportantdrama When you flip anything, you really you just have to have the courage of your convictions. Julia Child flipconviction We ought to enjoy our food, we ought to take time and care and prepare it correctly, and we ought to have fun doing it and make it a communal event. Julia Child eventscarefun Life itself is the proper binge. Julia Child weight-lossfoodlife Noncooks think it's silly to invest two hours' work in two minutes' enjoyment; but if cooking is evanescent, so is the ballet. Julia Child womenworkfood Never apologize for your cooking. Julia Child apologizingcooking I think careful cooking is love, don't you? The loveliest thing you can cook for someone who's close to you is about as nice a valentine as you can give. Julia Child valentines-daynicelove A passionate interest in what you do is the secret of enjoying life...whether it is helping old people or children, or making cheese or growing earthworms. Julia Child enjoy-lifechildrenpeople Remember, 'No one's more important than people'! In other words, friendship is the most important thing--not career or housework, or one's fatigue--and it needs to be tended and nurtured. Julia Child careersfriendshippeople In the blood-heat of pursuing the enemy, many people are forgetting what we are fighting for. We are fighting for our hard-won liberty and freedom; for our Constitution and the due processes of our laws; and for the right to differ in ideas, religion and politics. I am convinced that in your zeal to fight against our enemies, you, too, have forgotten what you are fighting for. Julia Child fightingbloodideas
