Jean-Georges Vongerichten Quotes

The Hamptons remind me of my childhood vacations. I love the beach, restaurants, and produce found on the East End.

Jean-Georges Vongerichten

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LoveBeachChildhoodMeEndFound

Pampered vanity is a better thing perhaps than starved pride.

Joanna Baillie

PrideBetterVanityPamperedThan

This is a common misconception about antidepressants: many people believe they're simply 'happy pills' that will wipe a person's emotional slate clean. Used correctly, antidepressants can lift the fog of mental illness.

Andrew Shaffer

HappyPeopleFogBelievePerson

The way I see it is that all the ol' guff about being Irish is a kind of nonsense. I mean, I couldn't be anything else no matter what I tried to be. I couldn't be Chinese or Japanese.

John McGahern

KindWayMatterIrishMeanSee

I think most people are indifferent in their evaluation of what is good or bad.

Robert J. Sawyer

GoodPeopleThinkBadEvaluation

I grew up in a house that was in a constant state of mourning.

Maurice Sendak

HouseUpMourningStateConstant

Finally, I would like to remind record companies that they have a cultural responsibility to give the buying public great music. Milking a trend to death is not contributing to culture and is ultimately not profitable.

Tony Visconti

MusicGreatResponsibilityCulture

I still remember the days, not wanting to see anybody, not wanting to talk to anybody, really not wanting to live. I was on an express elevator to the bottom floor, wherever that might be.

Michael Phelps

LiveRememberTalkSeeDaysFloor

My first really good guitar was a Gibson J-45.

Johnny Rivers

GoodGuitarFirstReallyGibson

Relationships are give-and-take, and when you're a tennis player, you're certainly not giving. You have to be self-absorbed. It has to be about you.

Chris Evert

GivingYouRelationshipsTennis

As a motivation in itself, celebrity is foolhardy and stupid.

Christoph Waltz

StupidMotivationCelebrityItself

It's hard to tell how far women's individuality has come in the past twenty years.

Annie Lennox

WomenPastIndividualityHardTell

I'm from Ghana, in West Africa, and all the women in Ghana absolutely love shea butter. We use it for everything, head to toe. I've used it all my life.

Philomena Kwao

LifeLoveWomenMy LifeAfricaHead

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