We are not really privy to all that crazy stuff that goes on in the show. I go to work, eat, and talk about food. The wild things happen when we aren't around. I expected Top Chef to last three or four seasons and we are now shooting season ten.

If anyone asks you what kind of music you play, tell him 'pop.' Don't tell him 'rock'n'roll' or they won't even let you in the hotel.

Buddy Holly

The new information technology... Internet and e-mail... have practically eliminated the physical costs of communications.

Peter Drucker

Lockhart'll sign anything if it stands still long enough.

J.K. Rowling

I despair of ever writing excellent poetry.

Isaac Rosenberg

There is no necessary connection between the desire to lead and the ability to lead, and even less the ability to lead somewhere that will be to the advantage of the led...

Bergen Evans

To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.

Thomas Jefferson

I'm a history nut.

Billy Joel

Everything is bilateral in the domain of thought. Ideas are binary. Janus is the myth of criticism and the symbol of genius. Only God is triangular!

Honore de Balzac, Illusions perd

It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his ideal.

George Eliot

I've never had a drink of alcohol or any drug in my life.

Penn Jillette

Remember son, many a good story has been ruined by over verification.

James Gordon Bennett

The image isn't reality. Even though we're used to thinking that way alot of the time. We show a kid a picture of a dog and say 'This is a doggie' - but it's not. It's just an image.

L.J. Smith