"But today we become aware of other readings of the human experience very quickly because of the media and the speed with which people travel the planet."

"All of us grow up in particular realities - a home, family, a clan, a small town, a neighborhood. Depending upon how we're brought up, we are either deeply aware of the particular reading of reality into which we are born, or we are peripherally aware of it."

"I think that to a very great extent we are partners with the divine in this enterprise called history. That is an ongoing relationship, and there is absolutely no guarantee that things will automatically work out to our best advantage."

"Every man who has shown the world the way to beauty, to true culture, has been a rebel, a 'universal' without patriotism, without home, who has found his people everywhere."

"The popularity of the Internet and using it as an available resource has really changed the way chefs kind of gather information and look for inspiration. To me, a food trend is potentially a lot of people following an idea."

"If we eat any food, or drink any beverage, we must recite a blessing over them before and after."

"Half of the modern drugs could well be thrown out of the window, except that the birds might eat them."

"Would ye both eat your cake and have your cake?"