Zakarian Chef Quotes & Sayings

I think the level of casualties is secondary ... [A]ll the great scholars who have studied American character have come to the conclusion that we are a warlike people and that we love war ... What we hate is not casualties but losing. — Michael A. Ledeen

I had lived my entire life up until I began working at Westwind relatively corpse-free. Now I had access to scores of them - stacked in the crematory freezer. They forced me to face my own death and the deaths of those I loved. No matter how much technology may become our master, it takes only a human corpse to toss the anchor off that boat and pull us back down to the firm knowledge that we are glorified animals that eat and shit and are doomed to die. We are all just future corpses. — Caitlin Doughty

Dissertations are not finished; they are abandoned. — Fred Brooks

[ ... ] it is generally accepted that the Civil War was fought over the issue of slavery. That, at best, is a half-truth. Slavery was an issue, but the primary force for war was a clash between the economic interests of the North and the South. Even the issue of slavery itself was based on economics. — G. Edward Griffin

There aren't many honest men or women in Washington anymore. Politicians get where they are by the sheer force of their egos, not their convictions. And you know what? It's our fault as voters. We don't demand better candidates, so we end up getting what we deserve - on both sides of the aisle. — Brad Thor

Giving appreciations, praise, and gratitudes feels good and puts good vibes in the environment. — Jude Bijou

What?" I asked, the word coming out much softer than I'd intended. Not quite a whisper, but close.
"Nothing. Just glad we ended up here, all of us, together. — Violet Cross

I was shocked when they told me congratulations, you won, that's the good news. Then the bad news is that you have six battles next week. That was a bit of a shocker. I was exhausted. And I had Chopped shooting that same week. I didn't have a sous chef lined up; I thought that was bad karma to try to think ahead. So I scrambled. I scrambled the jets, took off and we bombed our target. I think it's gone well. — Geoffrey Zakarian

Shows like 'Top Chef,' 'Hell's Kitchen' have helped bring attention to the culinary world on a whole, but you have to be cautious it doesn't get out of hand. — Geoffrey Zakarian

I was at my most miserable when I had everything I ever wanted. — Trent Reznor

I got killed against Morimoto. I brought out white plates with food; I thought that was really nice. He brings out sculptures of ice, Noah's ark made of balsa wood that he carved at his restaurant downstairs, smoking trees ... When I saw that, I looked at my sous chef and I'm like, we're toast. — Geoffrey Zakarian

We control by attitudes-positive mental attitudes-not by rules. — Woody Hayes

Prudence is a necessary ingredient in all the virtues, without which they degenerate into folly and excess. — Jeremy Collier

Everybody these days wants to be a star, including myself. Don't get me wrong, I'm a chef but you want to market yourself and your projects. — Geoffrey Zakarian

An answer to a question no one asked is a wasted answer. — Esther Hicks

Your consciousness creates pure potentiality where nothing is impossible. — Debasish Mridha

Within what is allotted to us, we can have spiritual contentment. — Neal A. Maxwell

When you have a chef that wants to be in the spotlight, maybe after one or two appearances on a show, they think they're at a certain level that they haven't reached yet in the kitchen. Shows like 'Top Chef', 'Hell's Kitchen' have helped bring attention to the culinary world. — Geoffrey Zakarian