Anthony Bourdain Quotes

United States, Author
June 25, 1956 – June, 8, 2018.

Anthony Michael Bourdain (June 25, 1956 – June 8, 2018) was an American celebrity chef, author, travel documentarian, and television personality who starred in programs focusing on the exploration of international culture, cuisine, and the human condition. He was considered one of the most influential chefs in the world.

Also known as Chef

I have long believed that it is only right and appropriate that before one sleeps with someone, one should be able – if called upon to do so – to make them a proper omelet in the morning. Surely that kind of civility and selflessness would be both good manners and good for the world.

Anthony Bourdain
- World
- Good
- Long
Naturally, I'm misanthropic. But the Negronis are helping considerably.

Anthony Bourdain

America's most dangerous export was never nuclear weapons or Jerry Lewis-or even Baywatch reruns. It was, is, and probably always will be our fast-food outlets.

Anthony Bourdain
- America
- Food
Good food does lead to sex. As it should.

Anthony Bourdain
- Good
- Food
- Sex
I do think the idea that basic cooking skills are a virtue, that the ability to feed yourself and a few others with proficiency should be taught to every young man and woman as a fundamental skill, should become as vital to growing up as learning to wipe one's own ass, cross the street by oneself, or be trusted with money.

Anthony Bourdain
- Up
- Money
- Growing
Margarine? That’s not food. I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter? I can. If you’re planning on using margarine in anything, you can stop reading now, because I won’t be able to help you.

Anthony Bourdain
- Believe
- Help
- Food
I do a lot of speaking engagements and sometimes I feel like I’m being paid to curse in front of people who haven’t heard it in a while.

Anthony Bourdain
- People
Anyone who refuses to let you eat your burger at a temperature less than medium is on the side of the terrorists.

Anthony Bourdain

The lazy and the foolish compare him to Hemingway, which is a terrible injustice as Jim is both a better writer and a better man.

Anthony Bourdain
- Lazy