"They say that gardens look better when they are created by loving gardeners rather than by landscapers, because the garden is more tended to and cared for. The same thing goes for cooking. I only cook for people I love."

"My extravagance is my garden - it's the first thing I look at every morning when I wake up. It gives me so much pleasure."

"The thing about all my food is that everything is a remembered flavor. Maybe it's something I had as a child or maybe it's something I had in Milan, but I want it to taste better than you ever thought."

"I try to greet my friends with a drink in my hand, a warm smile on my face, and great music in the background, because that's what gets a dinner party off to a fun start."

"To lead with integrity is to walk the narrow path where words and actions are one. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"You know why there's a Second Amendment? In case the government fails to follow the first one."

"To lead with integrity is to walk the narrow path where words and actions are one. Such is the immutable nature of understanding."

"A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth people seek guidance of him who is master of himself."