Bourdain’s work hooks me instantly, and offers answers to questions I didn’t even know I had.
Much ofAnthony Bourdain’s writingadvocates for experiencing culture through food, and exploring the lesser-known sights of new cities.
And those ideas have helped informed how I travel.
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These 52 Anthony Bourdain quotes about life will broaden your travel horizons and inspire you on your next journey.
“Travel changes you.
And in return, life and travel leaves marks on you.”
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“The journey is part of the experience an expression of the seriousness of one’s intent.
One doesn’t take the A train to Mecca.”
Sleep on floors if you have to.
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Find out how other people live and eat and cook.
Learn from them wherever you go."
“If I’m an advocate for anything, it’s to move.
As far as you could, as much as you could.
Across the ocean, or simply across the river.
Open your mind, get up off the couch, move.”
“Travel is about the gorgeous feeling of teetering in the unknown.”
“Travel isn’t always pretty.
It isn’t always comfortable.
Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart.
But that’s okay.
The journey changes you; it should change you.
It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body.
You take something with you.
Hopefully, you leave something good behind.”
“It’s an irritating reality that many places and events defy description.
“I’m a big believer in winging it.
“Drink heavily with locals whenever possible.”
“Plans should be ephemeral, so be prepared to move away from them.”
“Barbecue may not be the road to world peace, but it’s a start.”
“Your body is not a temple, it’s an amusement park.
Enjoy the ride.”
“I, personally, think there is a real danger of taking food too seriously.
Food should be part of the bigger picture.”
“I think food, culture, people and landscape are all absolutely inseparable.”
“I learned a long time ago that trying to micromanage the perfect vacation is always a disaster.
That leads to terrible times.”
“I’ve long believed that good food, good eating, is all about risk.
“An egg in anything makes it better.”
“The way you make an omelet reveals your character.”
“An ounce of sauce covers a multitude of sins.”
“And now to sleep, to dream.
perchance to fart.”
“Food is everything we are.
It’s inseparable from those from the get-go.”
“You have to be romantic to invest yourself, your money, and your time in cheese.”
Anthony Bourdain Quotes about Life
“I am not afraid to look like an idiot.”
“There is no Final Resting Place of the Mind.”
“I’m through being cool.
“Skills can be taught.
Character you either have or you don’t have.”
“Luck is not a business model.”
“But I’m simply not going to deceive anybody about the life as I’ve seen it.
It’s all here: the good, the bad and the ugly.”
“I don’t have to agree with you to like you or respect you.”
“If I believe in anything, it is doubt.
The root cause of all life’s problems is looking for a simple fing answer.”
is realizing how small I am, and unwise, and how far I have yet to go.”
“Without new ideas, success can become stale.”
“What are our expectations?
Which of the things we desire are within reach?
If not now, when?
And will there be some left for me?”
And by that I mean, every day, always and forever.
Always be on time.”
I think that’s a good operating principle.”
