Julia Child quotes

I hate organized religion. I think you have to love thy neighbor as thyself. I think you have to pick your own God and be true to him. I always say 'him' rather than 'her.' Maybe it's because of my generation, but I don't like the idea of a female God. I see God as a benevolent male.

In the 1970s we got nouvelle cuisine, in which a lot of the old rules were kicked over. And then we had cuisine minceur, which people mixed up with nouvelle cuisine but was actually fancy diet cooking.

Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.

The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know they're right if you love to be with them all the time.

In France, cooking is a serious art form and a national sport.

Being tall is an advantage, especially in business. People will always remember you. And if you're in a crowd, you'll always have some clean air to breathe.

The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know they're right if you love to be with them all the time.

In France, cooking is a serious art form and a national sport.

I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate.

Animals that we eat are raised for food in the most economical way possible, and the serious food producers do it in the most humane way possible. I think anyone who is a carnivore needs to understand that meat does not originally come in these neat little packages.

As we say in the American Institute of Wine and Food, small helpings, no seconds. A little bit of everything. No snacking. And have a good time.

You learn to cook so that you don't have to be a slave to recipes. You get what's in season and you know what to do with it.

The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know they're right if you love to be with them all the time.

Life itself is the proper binge.

The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know they're right if you love to be with them all the time.