Jean-Georges Vongerichten Quotes

A chef and a restaurateur are different jobs: One is about pleasing people with what's on the plate; the other is about understanding the market. I'm a chef, but I think I'm a savvy businessperson, too.

Jean-Georges Vongerichten

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: chef
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: March 16, 1957

Topics

PeopleChefThinkUnderstanding

I think that if something's really good, and it touches that part of their heart that has been untouched, or maybe it has been touched but they never wanted to admit it, I think that when they get back to that, I think that we are still in a place that people enjoy it the way it's supposed to be enjoyed.

Andrae Crouch

GoodHeartPeopleThinkEnjoyBack

We were in the same band, but we're two completely different people. People have asked me to make comparisons with our albums, and I can't, because there's no comparison. Her album's okay. I don't think she's the best singer on Earth, but she's okay.

Melanie Chisholm

BestPeopleMeThinkEarthOkay

I'll never be a good writer, and no chance of being a good actor.

Matthew Vaughn

GoodChanceActorNeverGood Actor

I think there are a lot of policies that have been unfriendly to workers' wages.

Angus Deaton

ThinkWorkersWagesBeenI Think

I really think that elected officials should be focused on how you create sustained economic growth, how do you create jobs and all of these issues that made people - segments of our society believe are really important are diversions politically.

Jeb Bush

GrowthPeopleSocietyBelieveThink

Earlier in my career, I just wanted to be an entertainer.

Metta World Peace

CareerJustWantedEntertainer

I don't have much positive to say about motor neurone disease. But it taught me not to pity myself because others were worse off, and to get on with what I could still do.

Stephen Hawking

PositiveMyselfMeSayOthersGet

We'd never make Slack an email client, but it's good to support sending emails into it. There's quite a bit of formatting you can do. When I get an email from the outside world that I want to share with team, I cut and paste it into Slack. But really, I should be able to import that email as an object.

Stewart Butterfield

GoodSupportTeamWorldYouWant

It has not been an easy name, yet it has brought me many a laugh.

Sister Parish

MeNameLaughEasyBeenMany

I've got my interests and my life experiences as I'm putting lyrics together. And if you start looking at patterns, you start thinking, 'Well, what am I really singing about here?' A lot of it seems to be a battle for some freedom against oppressive forces. That seems to be a theme in a lot of the albums I've done.

Matt Bellamy

LifeFreedomTogetherSingingStart

In a repressive society, a writer can be deeply influential, but in a society that's filled with glut and repetition and endless consumption, the act of terror may be the only meaningful act.

Don DeLillo

SocietyRepetitionMeaningfulAct

Most people would think if you're the prime news anchor, then you should sort of be this Edward R. Murrow, Clark Kent guy with the family and 2.5 kids - or the perky, cute yet smart Katie Couric.

Don Lemon

FamilyCuteSmartPeopleThinkYou

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