Whittingstall Quotes & Sayings

In order to indoctrinate their followers and secure obedience, religions frequently tear people down, creating an emptiness that must then be filled with Jesus, Allah or any other deity. People are told that they are inherently bad or sinful and that the only way to become good is by giving over control of their lives to faith. As there is no evidence that any of that is true, religion, in effect, is creating an imaginary problem simply so that it can sell an imaginary solution. — Armin Navabi

I refuse to eat a fried egg if the white is still runny or transparent. I really can't be doing it. I always have to flip it over. — Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

I was the first critic ever to win a Tony - for co-authoring 'Elaine Stritch at Liberty.' Criticism is a life without risk; the critic is risking his opinion, the maker is risking his life. It's a humbling thought but important for the critic to keep it in mind - a thought he can only know if he's made something himself. — John Lahr

I also do my own processing, so it means a big commitment in lab time. — Leonard Nimoy

Taxi drivers are the ones who pay me the most attention. They seem to be into River Cottage and have a dream of moving to the country, so I have chats with them. — Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

I've won all the prizes in Europe, every bloody one. I'm delighted to win them all, the whole lot. — Doris Lessing

If courage wasn't a standard result of aging it meant that the young could somehow acquire it as well. — Lawana Blackwell

I'm not great around the house, I'm pretty useless. I do little bits, but I never quite finish tidying up - I'll start, but I'll leave things unwashed in the sink. It has been known to irritate people somewhat. — Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

I'll probably be 80 years old and still performing. Music is like fashion, it changes. But some things will always be the same. — Toni Braxton

I'm always up for music shows such as Jools Holland, but news more than anything, particularly Newsnight. And cookery: Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Rick Stein - it's down to him that I cook fish so much - and the great food alchemist Heston Blumenthal. — Charles Hazlewood

I'm a generous host, but I'm a difficult and interfering guest. When I go around to other people's houses and they're cooking, I'm always telling them what to do. — Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

I have a lot of time for vegetarians (though apparently not all of them have a lot of time for me), and that's because I respect anyone with principles about food. — Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

I've been loved in life, but all that matters now is that I'm loved by you. -Eva — Abbi Glines

Some people do get nervous about cooking for me, others just get extremely irritated by my interfering. — Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall