Marco Pierre White Quotes

A tree without roots is just a piece of wood.

I've paid my price, a high price, I watched my mother die. I look at everything I've been given now as a form of compensation. A person who has regrets is a person who casts anchors.

I spent my days on the riverbanks, in the woods, in the fields, shooting, hunting and stalking. I unravelled everything within my life. Self discovery is most important to me.

I don't do social events, I don't do award ceremonies, I don't do charity dinners. I live my life off-radar.

I'm not a worrier. I like sleeping.

If you are not extreme, then people will take shortcuts because they don't fear you.

Eating is one of the most important aspects of living. I like indulging. I like to eat one food at a time, to savor each individual thing.

Once you accept you are being judged by people who have less knowledge than yourself, then what's it worth?

I find supermarkets fascinating places. It's extraordinary, you can buy anything there.

At the end of the day it's just food, isn't it? Just food.

Success is born out of arrogance, but greatness comes from humility.

There are many times in my life, when I could've thrown in the towel. Many times in my life when I was on the floor. And when you're on the floor, never allow anybody to pick you up. It doesn't matter how long you stay there, make sure you pick yourself up and dust yourself down. Whatever happens, whether you go home today or you don't go home today, that's irrelevant. What's relevant, is you take the knowledge from the experience and you grow as a person.

I can't imagine anything worse than trying to impress a girl with dinner. To be honest, I'm always impressing myself, not other people.