Famous Quotes

"After 45 years of marriage, when I have an argument with my wife, if we don't agree, we do what she wants. But, when we agree, we do what I want!"

Jacques Pepin on Marriage

More quotes about Marriage

• "A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person."

  Mignon McLaughlin on Marriage

• "By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher."

  Socrates on Marriage

• "It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages."

  Friedrich Nietzsche on Marriage

• "How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being."

  Oscar Wilde on Marriage

• "Don't marry the person you think you can live with marry only the individual you think you can't live without."

  James C. Dobson on Marriage

More quotes by Jacques Pepin

• "You can't escape the taste of the food you had as a child. In times of stress, what do you dream about? Your mother's clam chowder. It's security, comfort. It brings you home."

• "I say: If you don't know how to cook, I'm sure you have at least one friend who knows how to cook. Well, call that friend and say, 'Can I come next time and can I bring some food and can I come an hour or two hours ahead and watch you and help you?'"

• "When I pair food and wine, I start with the food. If I have a beautiful roasted bird, I might choose a Cabernet or Pinot Noir, or maybe a Syrah, depending on the sauce and what is in my cellar."

• "I taped my first series for PBS in 1982 at WJCT-TV in Jacksonville, Florida. The show, called 'Everyday Cooking with Jacques Pepin,' was about saving time and money in the kitchen - and it was a celebration of simple and unpretentious food."

• "When I wrote 'Fast Food My Way' in 2004, I hoped that my friends would prepare my recipes. Now, more people cook from that book than any other I've written in the past 30 years."