Kitchen Quotes - Page 31

• I grew up in the kitchen, mostly with my grandfather, my mother and my aunt Raffy.

  Giada De Laurentiis

  Mother, Aunt, Grandfather

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• I liked the energy of cooking, the action, the camaraderie. I often compare the kitchen to sports and compare the chef to a coach. There are a lot of similarities to it.

  Todd English

  Sports, Food, Cooking

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• I think a lot of people have a misconception of what the kitchen is about, but you know the grueling part of it is also the pleasure of it. That's why I think you have to have a certain mentality to understand what that is and be able to handle it.

  Todd English

  Thinking, People, Able

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• My family was musical on both sides. My father’s family had a famous flautist and a classical pianist. My mother won a contest to be Shirley Temple’s double — she was the diva of the family. At 8, I learned how to play guitar. I used to play songs from the ‘20s, ‘30s and ‘40s in the kitchen for my grandmother.

  Gloria Estefan

  Mother, Song, Father

  "Gloria Estefan: 'Like Coming Home, But Not to the Old Cuba'". Interview with Jesse Kornbluth, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 6, 2007.

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• I really feel like knife skills - not just in the kitchen, but in life - are really critical.

  Tim Ferriss

  Knives, Skills, Feels

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• Even if the chef has a good business head, his focus should be behind kitchen doors. A business partner should take care of everything in front of the kitchen doors.

  Bobby Flay

  Doors, Focus, Care

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• My father was an urchin that lived in Hell's Kitchen. He was part of a family of nine. I mean, there were times that were better and worse, but mostly, by the time we got to L.A., they'd lost whatever they had. And it was a sad time. And both he and I became truck drivers for different companies.

  Frank Gehry

  Father, Mean, Different

  "TalkAsia" with Anna Coren, www.cnn.com. April 13, 2012.

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• The people I'm honored to represent in Missouri and all over the country want leaders to address their kitchen table everyday problems.

  Dick Gephardt

  Country, Everyday Problems, People

  "Sen. Richard Gephardt's Speech Text". abcnews.go.com. August 16.

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• I love food and I love everything involved with food. I love the fun of it. I love restaurants. I love cooking, although I don't cook very much. I love kitchens.

  Alma Guillermoprieto

  Fun, Food, Cooking

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• If my kid couldn't draw I'd make sure that my kitchen magnets didn't work.

  Mitch Hedberg

  Funny, Humor, Kids

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• My kitchen looks like the one from my childhood - very homey, with a little bit of Alice in Wonderland!

  Paris Hilton

  Childhood, Looks, Wonderland

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• What's a soup kitchen?

  Paris Hilton

  Funny, Inspiring, Money

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• Some of our most exquisite murders have been domestic, performed with tenderness in simple, homey places like the kitchen table.

  Alfred Hitchcock

  Simple, Tables, Murder

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• A lot of Thanksgiving days have been ruined by not carving the turkey in the kitchen.

  Kin Hubbard

  Thanksgiving, Turkeys, Turkey Day

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• My kitchen bench is covered with vitamins and protein powders. I go through phases when I'm sure I'm taking too many - but I don't get sick often.

  Natalie Imbruglia

  Sick, Benches, Phases

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Sometimes I miss hamburgers, I should say that. I miss the tuna pizzas at Mercer Kitchen.

  Marc Jacobs

  Missing, Tuna, Hamburgers

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• I just never saw my mother in any other room but the kitchen. There were always pots going.

  Alan King

  Mother, Rooms, Saws

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• Cleanliness is very important. If you let kids make a total mess in the kitchen and then leave, you're not really teaching them anything.

  Emeril Lagasse

  Teaching, Kids, Important

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• You know, in 1975 I couldn't get a job in New York City because I was American. The kitchens were predominantly run by French, Swiss, German, and basically I got laughed at. I had education, I had experience, but got laughed at because I was American.

  Emeril Lagasse

  Running, Jobs, New York

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• My favorite kitchen was the Japanese and the Italian kitchen.

  Karl Lagerfeld

  Italian, My Favorite

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• When you turn from one room to the next, when your animal senses no longer perceive the sounds of the dishwasher, the ticking clock, the smell of a chicken roasting - the kitchen and all its seemingly discrete bits dissolve into nothingness - or into waves of probability.

  Robert Lanza

  Animal, Smell, Sound

  "Robert Lanza doesn't seem to be kidding" by Adam Rogers, www.wired.com. March 8, 2007.

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• I'm really good at laundry, and I have no problem cleaning the kitchen.

  Denis Leary

  Cleaning, Problem, Laundry

  "No Rest For The Leary". Interview with Andrew Goldman, www.elle.com. May 23, 2006.

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• I was always a drama queen. I remember playing in the kitchen, trying to get my mom to think I was dead and call the police. When she didn't, I would cry. I was always theatrical. I don't think any of my relatives are surprised.

  Amy Lee

  Mom, Queens, Drama

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• Baking is how you start kids at cooking in the kitchen. It's fun whether it's baking bread or cookies. With baking, you have to be exact when it comes to ingredients.

  Sandra Lee

  Fun, Kids, Cooking

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• What a circus act we women perform every day of our lives. Look at us. We run a tightrope daily, balancing a pile of books on the head. Baby-carriage, parasol, kitchen chair, still under control. Steady now! This is not the life of simplicity but the life of multiplicity that the wise men warn us of.

  Anne Morrow Lindbergh

  Wise, Running, Baby

  "The New York Times Biographical Service, Volume 32". Book by Anne Morrow Lindbergh (p. 224), 1975.

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