Alton Brown Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

10 Famous Quotes by Alton Brown
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“It ain't what you got, it's what you know and do with what you got, ... The difference between a cook and a chef is understanding what's going on.”
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“I became a cook so I could cook and tell stories in wacky ways.”
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“I started cooking in college to get girls, ... I was pathetic. Girls didn't want to go out with me. But I found that if I offered to cook for a girl, there was more of a chance that she'd say yes.”
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“A lot of food shows need only to tempt. Some food shows only need to inspire, to empower. And there are a lot of shows that do that.”
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“Although I don't take myself very seriously, I do take my work extraordinarily seriously.”
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“Enough people have now mentioned Bill Nye the Science Guy to me that I now desperately avoid it all costs.”
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“For me, it was kind of like going into the military or something. And anybody - any male - who has ever worked in a French kitchen knows what I am talking about when I say that.”
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“I can't talk about anything or write about anything if I don't understand it. So a lot of the stuff that I go through and a lot of the time that I spend is understanding.”
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“I had kicked around the idea for Good Eats when I was directing commercials.”
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“I have nothing but sympathy for the people who are forced to work with me. I'm better now at picking out those that want to play that game with me, and those that don't.”
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