The general root of superstition is that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss; and commit to memory the one, and forget and pass over the other. – Francis Bacon
Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid. – Francis Bacon
For friends… do but look upon good Books: they are true friends, that will neither flatter nor dissemble. – Francis Bacon
If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties. – Francis Bacon
Whenever a taboo is broken, something good happens, something vitalizing. Taboos after all are only hangovers, the product of diseased minds, you might say, of fearsome people who hadnt the courage to live and who under the guise of morality and religion have imposed these things upon us. – Henry Miller
Culture and tradition have to change little by little. So new means a little twist, a marriage of Japanese technique with French ingredients. My technique. Indian food, Korean food I put Italian mozzarella cheese with sashimi. I dont think new new new. Im not a genius. A little twist. – Masaharu Morimoto