I think people are more savvy about cooking, food and dining. I notice they are looking for more value for their money - not in larger portions but more in terms of healthier, fresh, farm-to-table dishes with a nice presentation.

alone with everybodythe flesh covers the boneand they put a mindin there andsometimes a soul,and the women breakvases against the wallsand them men drink toomuchand nobody finds theonebut they keeplookingcrawling in and outof beds.flesh coversthe bone and theflesh searchesfor more thanflesh.there's no chanceat all:we are all trappedby a singularfate.nobody ever findsthe one.the city dumps fillthe junkyards fillthe madhouses fillthe hospitals fillthe graveyards fillnothing elsefills.

Charles Bukowski

If the players don't trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.

Bill Parcells

It is less of a problem to be poor, than to be dishonest.

American Indian Proverb, Anishin

Corrupt influence, which is itself the perennial spring of all prodigality, and of all disorder; which loads us, more than millions of debt; which takes away vigor from our arms, wisdom from our councils, and every shadow of authority and credit from the most venerable parts of our constitution.

Edmund Burke

It hurt, and that is not a euphemism. It hurt like a beating.

John Green

Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.

Anton Chekhov

Life isn't worth living, unless it is lived for someone else.

Albert Einstein

We do not really feel grateful toward those who make our dreams come true; they ruin our dreams.

Eric Hoffer

Don't allow the fear of falling stop you from pursuing your dream. Prepare. Practice. Pray. Jump! It's through the fall that you'll realize you can to fly.

Yvonne Pierre

The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.

Oscar Wilde

The first essentials, of course, is to know what you want.

Robert Collier

He who believes in freedom of the will has never loved and never hated.

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach