- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
You Quotes
Quotes that speak straight to you.
This collection gathers quotes framed around 'you' - from candid reflections on body image pressures passed down in families to observations about how humor can mask real vulnerability. Many touch on how what you know about yourself differs from how others perceive you.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Coffee
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- Nov 07, 2020
Blind dates are treacherous. You don't know who this person is. You wonder, 'Should I call my grandma during coffee to get out of this?'
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
What's funny is that you can think you really value your life until you almost lose it.
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can't be aware of everything. You'd fall down the stairs if you were aware of every intricate thing involved in going down stairs.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love oatmeal. To me, it's not boring. I agree that ordinary oatmeal is very boring, but not the steel-cut Irish kind - the kind that pops in your mouth when you bite into it in little glorious bursts like a sort of gummy champagne.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
You believe in God, then you don't believe anymore and when you have a big problem, you pray anyway.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been lucky enough to live through all the things that are supposed to give meaning to our lives, like parenting, grandparenting, art, celebrity. All these things you expect meaning to come from, and sometimes it comes when you're not expecting it.
- Flavors
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you don't treat an ingredient and its flavors with respect - if you drown it in oil, for instance - you'll spoil it.
- Fine
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Paris we have bistros, then we have fine dining. In London, you have a very contemporary scene with mixed influences.
- Cooking
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- Nov 07, 2020
Classical cooking and molecular gastronomy should remain separate. You can mix two styles and get fusion; any more, and you just get confusion.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I am at a dinner table, I love to ask everybody, 'How long do you think our species might last?' I've read that the average age of a species, of any species, is about two million years. Is it possible we can have an average life span as a species? And do you picture us two million years more or a million and a half years, or 5,000?
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't watch that much TV, so I can't compare one show to another. When I watch television, I watch people talking to one another usually or a science show where they show me microbes, you know. Microbes actually communicate quite a bit, and so there's a lot of talking going on.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a funny feeling to work with people who you consider your colleagues and to realize that they actually are young enough to be your children.
- Forget
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- Nov 07, 2020
To do a musical takes a tremendous amount of energy because you have to act and sing at the same time. And everything has to be precise. Because you can't forget the lyrics because the band keeps playing, you know, and you're under a certain amount of pressure.
- Chocolate
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- Nov 07, 2020