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“Perfect soldier, perfect gentleman never gave offence to anyone not even the enemy.”
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“We fear our highest possibilities. We are generally afraid to become that which we can glimpse in our most perfect moments, under conditions of great courage. We enjoy and even thrill to godlike possibilities we see in ourselves in such peak moments. And yet we simultaneously shiver with weakness, awe, and fear before these very same possibilities.”
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“Now an infinite happiness cannot be purchased by any price less than that which is infinite in value; and infinity of merit can only result from a nature that is infinitely divine or perfect”
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“One lesson that every nation can learn from China is to focus more on creating village-level enterprises, quality health services and educational facilities.”
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“Good things happen when you narrow your focus”
Source : "The Classic Mistake" by Al Ries, ries.typepad.com. June 2009. 
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“I love your cooking, honey, but sometimes I need some real food.”
Source : Song: Work In Progress, Album: Drive, 2002
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“The vulgar boil, the learned roast, an egg.”
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“It is a fundamental fact that no cook, however creative and capable, can produce a dish of a quality any higher than that of its raw ingredients.”
Source : Alice Waters (2011). “Chez Panisse Menu Cookbook”, p.24, Random House
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“Cooking is an observation-based process that you can't do if you're so completely focused on a recipe.”
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“Jeff Smith was the Julia Child of my generation. When his television show, 'The Frugal Gourmet,' made its debut on PBS in the 1980s, it conveyed such genuine enthusiasm for cooking that I was moved for the first time to slap down cold cash for a collection of recipes.”
