Anthony Bourdain Quotes

The tragedy of life is not that man loses but that he almost wins.

It's a source of great sadness to me that my father died without having seen me do anything worthwhile. He was constantly having to make excuses for me.

My motivation comes from the plays I didn't make.

No one wants to be the person who peaked in high school!

Sometimes when you miss out on points, it is a pity, it is a shame, because we tried to do everything in the game.

I have to stop watching the Olympics. It just reminds me that I forgot to try really hard at something.

If I had won...all those other championships, my life might be totally different, but I didn't win. It's not going to affect my life.

My father always said, 'The saddest thing in life is wasted talent.'

My father died very suddenly at sixty-three. Just dropped dead. For a long time afterward, I'd ask myself, Why didn't I ask him to play golf more? Why didn't I spend more time with him? But when you're off trying to get the brass ring, you forget and overlook those little things. It gives you a certain amount of regret later on, but there's nothing you can do about it. So you just forge on.

My father passed away before he saw me perform. I can't help but wonder what he would think of all this. I go to a job in full makeup.

It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done.

I wish I were more disciplined.

I wish my father had lived longer. He died when I was 18.

Coming to terms with the fact that my marriage was a failure was devastating and very difficult.

I try not to spend too much time with regret, although I wish I'd had more hang time with my dad.

I've cheated myself: there are other things I could have done to fill out the bouquet of my career.

My character, Rick Spleen, is a what-if version of me, really, where nothing did quite turn out right and everything else is still around the corner.

Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and depression. Do not repeat them in the future.

My father died prematurely at the age of 52 when I was 24, and it is a recurring regret that he never lived to see me succeed beyond university and drama.

I believe that a dream un-followed turns into all kinds of bad things in the lives of those who don't pursue them.

There is a very good chance I could have been a screw-up for the rest of my life.

It all went wrong with football, the thing I loved most of all, and from there, my life slowly fell apart.

I was working the Gulf of Mexico on oil rigs, flying helicopters. I'd lost my family to my years of failing as a songwriter. All I had were bills, child support, and grief. And I was about to get fired for not letting 24 hours go between the throttle and the bottle. It looked like I'd trashed my act. But there was something liberating about it.

You never forget the feeling of not getting to the World Series. Yes, it sticks with you.

I finally got the dad I always wanted and then he left. At 18, 19 years old, I was really upset and had to work through that.