“You don't know which way a thing will come at you, but you need to welcome it with your whole heart which ever way it arrives.”

“I'll tell you something about tough times. They just about kill you, but if you decide to keep working at them, you'll find your way through.”

“I'll tell you something about tough things. They just about kill you, but if you decide to keep working at them, you'll find the way through. On the Food Network they have these shows where cooks have to put a meal together with all these weird ingredients. That's a lot like my life-dealing with things you wouldn't think ever go together. But a good cook can make the best meal out of the craziest combinations.”

“now i believe that the way to anyone's heart is through their stomach, and, my boy, i'm here to tell you, we ware in the heart business. we're going to reach deep past the menu and into the emotional power of food because a person comes back to a restaurant again and again for one reason only - to fee their soul. ”

“Not all vegetables are this draining. Lettuce doesn't bring heartache. Turnips don't ask for your soul. Potatoes don't care where you are or even where they are. Tomatoes cuddle up to anyone who'll give them mulch and sunshine. But giants like Max need you every second. You can forget about a whiz-bang social life.”

“Will we have bodyguards?""We're not quite set up for that. But with all these mothers, you don't need them.”

“Like my grandmother always said, 'you never know the blessings that come from suffering.”