James Beard Quotes

I believe that if ever I had to practice cannibalism, I might manage if there were enough tarragon around.

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• I never race for records. The motivation to try to beat the record is not enough to continue. You have to enjoy it.

  

  Valentino Rossi
  • Enjoy
  • Race
  • motivation

• I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.

  

  Paloma Picasso
  • Peace
  • Proud
  • Name

• I have nothing but love in my heart and everything I say is just an instrument for laughs.

  

  Jackie Mason
  • Heart
  • Love
  • Instrument

• When we don't have information, we go to the simplest outlook, to black and white. But then we have to lie to ourselves. Black is never as black as you're painting it and white is never as white.

  

  Patricia Sun
  • Black
  • Painting
  • Lie

• I'm from New York, so I'm not a big driver.

  

  Dan Fogler
  • New
  • New York
  • Driver

• I arrived in California with no job, no car, and no money, but, like millions of other girls, a dream.

  

  Victoria Principal
  • Money
  • Job
  • Dream

• We are cyborgs already. If you learn to read, it causes permanent changes to the structure of your brain for your entire life.

  

  Ramez Naam
  • Life
  • Brain
  • Changes

• Everybody likes money. I like money. I need money to survive. But I don't love money. Money is not my god.

  

  Rafael dos Anjos
  • God
  • Money
  • Like

• Time and again we see leaders and members of religions incite aggression, fanaticism, hate, and xenophobia - even inspire and legitimate violent and bloody conflicts.

  

  Hans Kung
  • Time
  • Hate
  • Inspire

• I do think one should have clean feet.

  

  Manolo Blahnik
  • Think
  • Feet
  • Clean

• I just don't think men fancy me.

  

  Gail Porter
  • Men
  • Think
  • Me

• A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.

  

  H. L. Mencken
  • Man
  • Looks
  • Flowers

• Botox, trust me I've been tempted - but I resist! Think about what happens to your muscles - and your skin - if you're sick and don't move for a few days. It all atrophies! Plus, if you freeze a muscle in your face, other muscles have to compensate! And once you stop, what does that look like?

  

  Salma Hayek
  • Me
  • Stop
  • Trust

• But all bubbles have a way of bursting or being deflated in the end.

  

  Barry Gibb Bee Gees
  • Way
  • End
  • Bubbles

• In Maryland, we have the unfortunate distinction of being the most gerrymandered state in the entire nation.

  

  Larry Hogan
  • Being
  • Nation
  • Unfortunate

• When all the world appears to be in a tumult, and nature itself is feeling the assault of climate change, the seasons retain their essential rhythm. Yes, fall gives us a premonition of winter, but then, winter, will be forced to relent, once again, to the new beginnings of soft greens, longer light, and the sweet air of spring.

  

  Madeleine M. Kunin
  • World
  • Nature
  • Feeling

• For single women, admitting that you want kids when you're still unattached can feel like exposing a vulnerability. It did to me.

  

  Rachel Sklar
  • Women
  • Kids
  • Want

• My interest in astronomy grew from the play 'Space' that I did, where I had to learn where my character was from. I had to study the stars and figure where everything was and how I got here and all of those things.

  

  J. August Richards
  • Character
  • Space
  • Study

• We signed up for Showtime, which I think put us on a Homeland Security list somewhere.

  

  Kate Clinton
  • Up
  • Think
  • Security

• There is no method by which an average citizen can effectively fight the White House in the media.

  

  Linda Tripp
  • House

• I've had many nicknames over the years: V, Nessa, Nessy Poo, Nessy Bear and Van. Only my parents call me Van, though, and I hate it. I get embarrassed.

  

  Vanessa Hudgens
  • Parents
  • Hate
  • Embarrassed

• You have to let fear go. Another lesson is you just have to believe in yourself; you just have to. There's no way around it. No matter how things are stacked against you, you just have to every time.

  

  Venus Williams
  • Time
  • Believe
  • Fear

• Since those who believe they need a hero/celebrity outnumber the actual heroes/celebrities, people feel safe and comfortably justified in numbers, committing egregious crimes in the name of the greater social ego. Ironically diminishing their own true hero-celebrity nature in the process.

  

  Lauryn Hill Fugees
  • People
  • Believe
  • True

• I believe that if ever I had to practice cannibalism, I might manage if there were enough tarragon around.

  

  James Beard
  • Believe
  • Practice