blumenthal Quotes

“Even on education, his one accomplishment, the Leave No Child Behind Act, and he has left it unfunded.”

“I'm not scared of anything in particular, but I am motivated by a fear of failure as opposed to a need to succeed.”

“I'm not scared of anything in particular, but I am motivated by a fear of failure as opposed to a need to succeed.”

“To me, food is as much about the moment, the occasion, the location and the company as it is about the taste.”

“I was born in the '60s and grew up in the '70s - not exactly the best decade for food in British history. It was horrendous. It was a time when, as a nation, we excelled in art and music and acting and photography and fashion - all creative skills... all apart from cooking.”

“You think about some of the most memorable meals you've ever had the food will be good but it will often be about locating a mental memory and taste is inexorably linked to all the other senses and memory, so ultimately it is all about taste.”

“The biggest mistakes, early on, involved foreign policy and involved the strategy for health care.”

“On health care, virtually every political error that could be made was made.”

“You need to do the work to bring the money in, but not compromise standards.”

“I still love doing what I do, and I'm really lucky to get up in the morning and want to go to work.”