Guy Fieri Quotes

#1. I'm grateful for my whole family, but my dad is like Obi-Wan Kenobi, Superman, and Evel Knievel all at one time. I can think I have it all figured out, and he'll say, 'But did you look at that side of it?' He shows me just how much more there is than what appears to be.

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#2. I get a lot of my inspiration from my family, but I never got to meet my dad's dad.

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#3. I'm a five-seasons griller! Did you know I added a new season? Living in Cali, I'm cooking in the yard all the time. I don't care what the weather is like. My hair is impervious to any kind of dampness, so I don't have too much to worry about.

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#4. Liver is my number one most hated food. Oh, God, I get sick talking about it!

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#5. If you're cooking and not making mistakes, you're not playing outside your safety zone. I don't expect it all to be good. I have fat dogs because I scrap that stuff out the back door.

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#6. I'm a big fan of doing 'Triple D.' But I don't want to do it forever, don't get me wrong! Travel away from my family, are you crazy? But do you know what it does for these mom-and-pop restaurant joints? It changes their lives forever. I mean, their businesses will never be the same.

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#7. Cooking is like snow skiing: If you don't fall at least 10 times, then you're not skiing hard enough.

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#8. My restaurant, Tex Wasabi's, we have a whole 'Minute to Win It' challenge going on on Sundays already. The show hasn't even aired and they're already doing challenges where people are coming and participating. I think it's going to take over.

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#9. I was always a kid trying to make a buck. I borrowed a dollar from my dad, went to the penny candy store, bought a dollar's worth of candy, set up my booth, and sold candy for five cents apiece. Ate half my inventory, made $2.50, gave my dad back his dollar.

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#10. It's never too late to get good at something.

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#11. My stay-married secret would probably be exercising good communication, not when you have to but all the time. I think if you do that, you kinda just cleanse the situations, so there's not build up. I think that's probably the best way to do it.

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#12. There's nothing that can replicate the smoky flavor of char, so when I've got the hankering for it, I tell my wife that I'm taking care of dinner. I have three different types of barbecues - a coal, gas and smoker - so I can experiment a lot.

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#13. I always say that environment always affects the food.

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#14. No matter how tough the meat may be, it's going to be tender if you slice it thin enough.

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#15. You've got balls inviting me here.

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#16. If you slow it down, eat in courses, your body, mind, stomach will catch up with this full feeling and you won't eat as much.

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#17. My friends and my family are such a massive part of my life. My kids are everything.

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#18. Short of screaming-hot Thai food, everything can be suitable for kids too.

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#19. I love watching, I love getting all the science about food. That's one of my favorite things.

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#20. I wanna be the ambassador to Chimichanga Flavor Town.

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#21. There are races and then there are races. And without a doubt, the Indy 500 is the race that I've always wanted to attend. And now, to be driving the Corvette Pace Car ... this is going to be unbelievable.

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#22. Kids want to saute, to cut the pizza, to see how the ingredients come together. If you let them do the fun stuff, they'll develop skills and interests that will stay with them forever.

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#23. It's always good to go over the recipe beforehand, so you can easily think of the next thing that needs to be done.

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#24. Cooking with kids is not just about ingredients, recipes, and cooking. It's about harnessing imagination, empowerment, and creativity.

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#25. You don't have to eat a whole cheeseburger, just take a piece of the cheeseburger.

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#26. I don't know what singers feel like when they make a song and people clap along and love it, but when people walk up to me and say the food was outstanding, that's what it is all about. I cook because I like to make people happy.

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#27. My philosophy is "Where is it written that at 40 you give up all your toys?" If I'm still having a great time doing something, I'm going to keep on doing it.

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#28. I'm a "what you see is what you get" kind of guy. I don't have any time to be showing anybody any bag of tricks.

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#29. Preparing food is one of life's great joys, but a lot of times, parents ask their kids if they want to cook with them and then tell them to go peel a bag of potatoes. That's not cooking - that's working!

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#30. The thing I have to be willing to do is work - I think I'm the one that is going to actually copyright the term "25/8." You ever hear of the term "25/8?" It's the cousin of "24/7." I have to go "25/8."

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#31. I think anyone that grew up in the '70s and '80s grew up with Bob Barker and Wink Martindale and I think that was just always ... when you were a game show host, you were the man of the hour.

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#32. I really felt that I had accomplished my goals in life. My first passion has always been to be a restaurateur, a good husband and father, and to provide for my family.

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#33. Some people are just born to cook and talk.

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