The Hundred-Foot Journey Quotes

“there are many points in life when we cannot see what awaits us around the corner, and it is precisely at such times, when our path forward is unclear, that we must bravely keep our nerve, resolutely putting one foot before the other as we march blindly into the dark.”
― Richard C. Morais, The Hundred-Foot Journey

“But even in hell there are moments when the light reaches you.”
― Richard C. Morais, The Hundred-Foot Journey

“Never be afraid of trying something new, Hassan. Very important. It is the spice of life.”
― Richard C. Morais, The Hundred-Foot Journey

“never forget a snob is a person utterly lacking in good taste.”
― Richard C. Morais, The Hundred-Foot Journey

“All this sea of humanity reassured me that as alien as i felt, there were always others in the world far odder than I”
― Richard C. Morais, The Hundred-Foot Journey

“A powerful thing, destiny. You can't run from it. Not in the end.”
― Richard C. Morais, The Hundred-Foot Journey

“Good taste is not the birthright of snobs, but a gift from God sometimes found in the unlikeliest of people".”
― Richard C. Morais, The Hundred-Foot Journey

“But of course, no family is an island unto itself. It is always part of a larger culture: a community.”
― Richard C. Morais, The Hundred-Foot Journey

“My friends, the hardest thing, when you reach a certain level, is to stay fresh, day in and day out. The world changes very fast around us, no? So, as difficult as it is, the key to success is to embrace this constant change and move with the times,” said Chef Piquot.”
― Richard C. Morais, The Hundred-Foot Journey

“I do think you have to change with the times in a way that renews your core essence, not abandons it. To change for the sake of change—without an anchor—that is mere faddishness. It will only lead you further astray.”
― Richard C. Morais, The Hundred-Foot Journey

“My dear man, a gourmand is a gentleman with the talent and fortitude to continue eating even when he is not hungry.”
― Richard C. Morais, The Hundred-Foot Journey

“But women- this I will never understand- they are touched by the oddest things”
― Richard C. Morais, The Hundred-Foot Journey

“When we arrived, the sun was setting, like a mango sorbet dripping over the horizon; the platinum rolls of the Mediterranean produced the soothing sound of waves thudding the cliff rocks below us.”
― Richard C. Morais, The Hundred-Foot Journey

“And laughter, once again laughter. Heaven on earth, no?”
― Richard C. Morais, The Hundred-Foot Journey

“...the balance sheet of her life, an endless list of credits and debits, of accomplishments and failures, small acts of kindness and real acts of cruelty. And the tears finally come as she looks away, unable to see this thing to the very end, for she knows without looking of the terrible imbalance, how long ago the credits stopped while the debits of vanity and selfishness run on and on.”
― Richard C. Morais, The Hundred-Foot Journey

“I miss my old life”
― Richard C. Morais, The Hundred-Foot Journey

“Gertrude,’ he said, ‘never forget a snob is a person utterly lacking in good taste.”
― Richard C. Morais, The Hundred-Foot Journey

“Go. You are working very hard, Hassan. You deserve some fun. I will take care of Mehtab and your aunt, don’t you worry. The ting about agitated hens, you throw some corn, you cluck over them a bit, and in no time they settle down. So go. I will take care of them. Not to worry.”
― Richard C. Morais, The Hundred-Foot Journey

“But this you must know: the violent murder of a mother- when a boy is at the tender age, when he is just discovering girls- it is a terrible thing. confusingly mixed up with all the things feminine, it leaves a charred residue on the soul, like the black marks found at the bottom of a burned pot. no matter how much you scrub and scrub the pot bottom with steel wool and cleansers, the scars, they are permanent”
― Richard C. Morais, The Hundred-Foot Journey

“For if there was one human condition that Madame Mallory understood, it was jealousy, the intense pain of realising there are those in the world who simply are greater than we are, surpassing us, in some profound way, in all our accomplishments.”
― Richard C. Morais, The Hundred-Foot Journey

“My friends, the hardest thing, when you reach a certain level, is to stay fresh, day in and day out. The world changes very fast around us, no? So, as difficult as it is, the key to success is to embrace this constant change and move with the times,” said Chef Piquot... But Hewitt, seeing how hurt the chef was by this two-pronged attack, added, “You are right, of course, André, but I do think you have to change with the times in a way that renews your core essence, not abandons it. To change for the sake of change—without an anchor—that is mere faddishness. It will only lead you further astray.”
― Richard C. Morais, The Hundred-Foot Journey

“Death is fairly quick. That’s what England felt like.”
― Richard C. Morais, The Hundred-Foot Journey

“Hassan, he has the makings of a great chef, it is true, and he has talent beyond anything you and I possess.”
― Richard C. Morais, The Hundred-Foot Journey

“and well-informed insights into their insular world. We all took our seats as a picture of a smiling Paul Verdun in toque was projected up onto screens. White jackets streamed from the kitchen: the amuse-bouche, a shot glass filled with a bite-sized baby octopus cooked in its “natural essence,” extra virgin olive oil from Puglia, and a single”
― Richard C. Morais, The Hundred-Foot Journey

“Tomorrow I will have that woman removed. Finish. I will not have this. She is an insult to the memory of Gandhi, using these techniques on us.”
― Richard C. Morais, The Hundred-Foot Journey

“Oh, yes. Yes. Carne rosto. And un piatto di Mussolini.” The perplexed waiter finally retired once we explained Papa wanted a plate of mussels, not the dictator on a dish.”
― Richard C. Morais, The Hundred-Foot Journey

“spices and lemon, grilled until the”
― Richard C. Morais, The Hundred-Foot Journey

“That moment, that moment was the pinnacle of my life, these famous and distinguished people on their feet, my camarades de cuisine, all showing me such respect. And I remember thinking: Hmmm. Rather like this. Could get used to it.”
― Richard C. Morais, The Hundred-Foot Journey

“Bring him his Calvados immédiatement or I will slap your face,” snapped Le Comte de Nancy. The ashen-faced waiter raced off and returned, in record time, with the requested brandy.”
― Richard C. Morais, The Hundred-Foot Journey

“A lot of emotion went into that hundred-foot journey, cardboard suitcase in hand, from one side of Lumière’s boulevard to the other.”
― Richard C. Morais, The Hundred-Foot Journey