"Friendship is the expression of unshakable LOVE, LOVE that is noble, pure, free from desire or egoism."

"Human desire is illimitable and without end. It makes you pursue the mirage in the desert; it makes you build castles in the air; it breeds discontent and despair, once you succumb to it."

"Dispel desire, Develop true love."

"Desire is like the shadow caused by the morning sun; it gets longer when you run to catch; it makes you a fool."

"Desire is a bonfire that burns with greater fury, asking for more fuel. Desire is the sole cause of sorrow and distress."

"Have no desire to place before God."

"Desire plus life is man, Life minus desire is God."

"Desire leads to ultimate ruin."

"Don't just stand there like a big fucking muffin!"

"Eh! All of you! come here!! taste it! taste it, taste it, taste it!!!"

"I don't like looking back. I'm always constantly looking forward. I'm not the one to sort of sit and cry over spilt milk. I'm too busy looking for the next cow."

"If I can give you one strong piece of advice, when you go away for that romantic weekend, whatever you do, do not accept or take the upgrade to the honeymoon suite."

"If you want to become a great chef, you have to work with great chefs. And that's exactly what I did."

"Don't take it personally. Just take it seriously."

"That's common sense Joe! And your tiny mind is not common!"

"I cook, I create, I'm incredibly excited by what I do, I've still got a lot to achieve."

"Cooking is about passion, so it may look slightly temperamental in a way that it's too assertive to the naked eye."

"The minute you start compromising for the sake of massaging somebody's ego, that's it, game over."

"Man falsely imagines I am doing this , I am planning this . It is the supreme, all pervasive consciousness that motivates, unfolds the skills and operates the intellect."

"A society has to be welded into a unit by the consciousness of kinship in God."

"Willingness to compromise with others’ ways of living and cooperation in common tasks, these make living happy and fruitful."

"You must cultivate unity, cooperation ans mutual trust."

"A man's well-being depends upon his degree of contentment. "

"Greed yields only sorrow; contentment is best."

"The fire of hatred that was burning in them was cooled; and darkness gave place to the dawn of wisdom. The sky showered raindrops to soften the earth and lay down dust. How can the lament operate against the Divine Will?"

"Do not contemplate on death; it is just an incident in life; contemplate on God, who is the master of all life."

"Desire is storm, greed is whirlpool, pride is precipice, attachment is avalanche, ego is volcano. Discard desire and you are liberated."

"What you would desire others to do for you, you should do for others. You should respect others, as you want to be respected by them."

"As a soccer player, I wanted an FA Cup winner's medal. As an actor you want an Oscar. As a chef it's three-Michelin's stars, there's no greater than that. So pushing yourself to the extreme creates a lot of pressure and a lot of excitement, and more importantly, it shows on the plate."

"Swearing is industry language. For as long as we're alive it's not going to change. You've got to be boisterous to get results."

"Swearing is industry language. For as long as we're alive it's not going to change. You've got to be boisterous to get results. Gordon Ramsay"

"The pressure on young chefs today is far greater than ever before in terms of social skills, marketing skills, cooking skills, personality and, more importantly, delivering on the plate. So you need to be strong. Physically fit. So my chefs get weighed every time they come into the kitchen."

"When you cook under pressure you trade perfection."

"I've had a lot of success; I've had failures, so I learn from the failure."

"I suppose your security is your success and your key to success is your fine palate."

"You don't come into cooking to get rich."

"I'm Gordon Ramsay, for goodness sake: people know I'm volatile."

"You’ve got to kiss arse to get somewhere, to learn. Clock-watchers are no good at kissing arse."

"Addicts are selfish, the most selfish people you’ll ever meet. And self-pitying. And manipulative. Always making promises they’ll never keep. They disgust me."

"Kitchens are hard environments and they form incredibly strong characters."

"I recall when we opened in New York how the designer locks were impossible to slide shut, often leading to a difficult encounter no matter which side of the door you were on."

"Loo doors without a decent, large hook are as infuriating as a lock that doesn’t offer you full protection."

"It's very hard when you eat out every day for a living, and a new restaurant comes along and you haven't got that same vigour that you had 10 years ago."

"No one saw the recession coming."

"I shoot from the hip."

"I swim like a fish and I have an amazing kick."

"There is a level of snobbery and fickleness in L.A."

"I am a grafter."

"I hid myself in food."

"I've got nothing to hide."