Emeril Lagasse Quotes
I've always been known for bold flavors and rustic cooking, but there is another side to me. As you evolve as a cook, you understand life and how serious it is. There comes a point where there's got to be a better balance.

Quotes to Explore
-
It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.
-
Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.
-
We all know guys who've had their hearts broken in real life; we just don't usually see it in the movies.
-
Unbeing dead isn't being alive.
-
My dad's the one who's always been there; he's my hero, you could say. Even when he was working, he'd do anything for me. He's been the biggest influence in my life.
-
I'm a big believer in living life as an extended working vacation.
-
The second you are handed a newborn it is yours. It doesn't matter what body it came out of. I've never felt more strongly about anything in my life.
-
I feel like my life has been very serendipitous and really kind of humorous. Everything that's happened to me has been like an, 'Omigod, are you kidding me?'
-
Being able to breathe underwater would be sweet. There is so much life underneath the water that we don't know about. I would love to check out the bottom of the ocean to see what's going on down there.
-
You want to have a toy and another toy, and that's not maturity. The biggest things in life are not materials.
-
It seems to me I spent my life in car pools, but you know, that's how I kept track of what was going on.
-
Jazz is a constant theme in my life. My father is a jazz pianist, and from an early age I have been surrounded by it.
-
I do think faith is important when it introduces positivity into your life and you see it with love in your heart because there's so many people who unfortunately use faith for detrimental things or to justify detrimental actions.
-
Familiar life, tending to sordidness, had been succeeded by remote life, generally idealized; historical detail had been brought in to teach readers who were being entertained.
-
Life is 10 percent what you make it, and 90 percent how you take it.
-
I've sung other people's music all my life.
-
I'm a homing pigeon. When I'm in Tallahassee, I give everything I have to being, hopefully, the best legislator I can be. When I'm home, I'm home. I try to not do legislative stuff. That brings a balance to life.
-
Life is too short not to have pasta, steak, and butter.
-
Even if you've been a coward all your life, death is a heroic act.
-
Never say never. In your life you never know what's going to happen next.
-
I know it's financially lucrative to go out on my own, but I don't like it. It's really hard work, just the performance aspect. I like people who look like they've been together for too long and sound like they've been together too long. I like rock n' roll bands.
-
The first thing in my oath is to uphold and protect the U.S. Constitution.
-
Living without passion is like being dead.
-
I've always been known for bold flavors and rustic cooking, but there is another side to me. As you evolve as a cook, you understand life and how serious it is. There comes a point where there's got to be a better balance.