#aura

We began building this incredible new foundation in this restaurant, and that's what began giving me the left-hand side of tradition and the right-hand side, my new palate. ↗

— Emeril Lagasse

#building #foundation #giving #incredible #me

When I first decided to open a restaurant, I was turned down by several banks. It was the late 80's and many restaurants were failing. I refused to give up because I knew I had a good concept. ↗

— Emeril Lagasse

#because #concept #decided #down #failing

When it ceases to be fun, I'll stop and just stay in my restaurants. ↗

— Emeril Lagasse

#fun #i #just #restaurants #stay

Whether it's books or TV, or whatever the case may be, the backbone of what I do is my restaurants. ↗

— Emeril Lagasse

#books #case #i #i do #may

You know, for 300 years it's been kind of the same. There are restaurants in New Orleans that the menu hasn't changed in 125 years, so how is one going to change or evolve the food? ↗

— Emeril Lagasse

#change #changed #evolve #food #going

Everybody loves a deal on a restaurant or skydiving or laser-hair removal. ↗

— Andrew Mason

#everybody #loves #removal #restaurant #skydiving

I had a small-town life - I worked at the local McDonald's for three years. I'm not sure why they kept me: I am something of a daydreamer and a dawdler, so they would only let me be the 'friendly voice' that greeted you when you entered the restaurant. ↗

— Rachel McAdams

#daydreamer #entered #friendly #greeted #had

I still have to count on my hands! I'll be in a restaurant doing a tip and I'll be like, 'What's 20% of this?' ↗

— Katharine McPhee

#doing #hands #i #like #restaurant

I spend my weekends sleeping and watching DVDs, and eating at restaurants within a 2-block radius of my apartment. ↗

— Wentworth Miller

#dvds #eating #i #radius #restaurants

This ceremony and the intellectual aura associated with the Nobel Prizes have grown from the wisdom of a practical chemist who wrote a remarkable will. ↗

— Stanford Moore

#aura #ceremony #chemist #grown #intellectual