Gordon Ramsay.

You Know, I Have a Rough Side. I Have a Smooth Side. but Underlining All That Is an Honest Side. I Have an Earnest Desire to Get Things Absolutely Right.

There’s Laziness Everywhere, Whether It’s J.P. Morgan Not Checking Where It’s $2 Billion Went, or Whether It’s a Waiter Taking for Granted His 20-Per-cent Tip so He Doesn’t Have to Bust His Ass at His Table.

I Found Myself in a Very Fortunate Position at the Age of Twenty-two, Where I Got My Ass Kicked in France and I Learned How to Cook. and I Always Say to My Young Chefs, Become Vulnerable. Get Yourself Out of Your Comfort Zone. It’s a Great Learning Experience. I Think Today Everyone Plays It Safe Too Much.

If They Turn Around and Say, Mr. and Mrs. Ramsay, We’re Going to Upgrade You to the Honeymoon Suite, Decline It. for Some Bizarre Reason Everyone Thinks It’s the Most Romantic Place. I Did a Black Light Search for Germs in the Honeymoon Suite at One of These Hotels. I Swear to God It Was Like a Galaxy.

The Public Should Have the Right at Any Time to Walk into the Kitchen and See How the Food Is Being Prepared. You Go into a Dentist’s Office and You Look Around and You’re so Comfortable with the Pristineness. Kitchens Should Be the Same Way.

I Got My Ass Kicked in New York When We First Opened. Absolutely Hammered. I Learned a Tough Lesson. I Got Absolutely Hammered, as I Did in Paris. You Go in with That Level of Arrogance, Thinking You’re Going to Take on the World. and It’s True – If You Can Make It in New York, You Can Make It Anywhere.

Chefs Are the World’s Worst Eaters. You Graze All Day. We Would Be Lying If We Said We Sat Down and Ate Dinner Before We Cooked Dinner. I Prefer the Chinese Way, Where We Eat 6, 7 Times a Day. but It’s a Pain in the Butt When I Go Out with My Wife, Because I’ve Always Stuffed Myself by the First Appetizer.

I Think the Epidemic of Obesity Is Everywhere. Not Just in the U.K. or the United States. I Get Very Uncomfortable When the Children Get Highlighted, Because It’s Not the Children’s Fault. It’s the Parents’ Fault. You Have to Have Stricter Guidelines from an Early Age. I Weigh Myself Every Day and My Children Weigh Themselves Once a Week, Which I Think Is a Normal Way to Go Through Life. I Think the Parents Should Be Almost Put Under Scrutiny for Letting That Situation Get Out of Control.

The Better the Customer Becomes, the Better We Perform. I Think as a Nation We Don’t Complain Enough. They Do in France. If They’re Not Happy with Anything from the Waiter to the Smell of the Restaurant to the Seasoning, They Don’t Argue, They Send It Back. as a Nation, I Think We Should Complain More.

No Guidance Is No Standards. No Standards Is No Consistency.