"As a rule, said Holmes, the more bizarre a thing is the less mysterious it proves to be. It is your commonplace, featureless crimes which are really puzzling, just as a commonplace face is the most difficult to identify."

"To the man who loves art for its own sake, it is frequently in its least important and lowliest manifestations that the keenest pleasure is to be derived."

"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data."

"Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth."

"The impetus behind going to graduate school was a year after graduating from college spent in Dallas working at the dog food factory and Bank America and not having met success in my chosen field, which at that point was being an actress."

"Mirth is the sweet wine of human life. It should be offered sparkling with zestful life unto God."

"Research has shown that even small amounts of processed food alter the chemical balance in our brain and cause negative mood swings along with noticeable dips ill energy."

"There are probably close to a million people in the hospitality industry here in the United States, and there are probably only a few hundred opportunities in the food media industry."