Wealth today has been created by a world view dominated by fast-moving networks, open information, bottom-up entrepreneurialism.
I have seen that traditional approaches to charity and aid don't solve problems of poverty. In fact, too often they create dependence.
This idea of universal access to basic healthcare has to be figured out as a world. No country has figured it out in part because it is driven by ideology.
President Kennedy said that those who make peaceful revolution impossible make violent revolution inevitable. I would say that the converse is true.
Even when early innovations start to succeed, it is not uncommon to see growing businesses sabotaged for threatening the status quo.
My palate is simpler than it used to be. A young chef adds and adds and adds to the plate. As you get older, you start to take away.
Managers will tell people what to do, whereas leaders will inspire them to do it, and there are a few things that go into the ability to inspire.
I have no pretension that I belong in D.C. I mean, I have to be cautious on how we do our restaurant.
I have real admiration for chefs who can maintain an edge and find new inspiration in their cooking after many years.
That's what's interesting about the Lower East Side: It's New York, but it's also edgy. It's not as stuffy as Tribeca or Soho.
Any processed chicken from any place - I'll order it in a heartbeat. I'm very picky about my pork, though.
If people ask me, 'What do you think could improve in Toronto dining,' I'd say there's nothing to improve on.
Don't even get me started. I'm not against all vegetarians. But if you're a vegetarian for ethical reasons, you may be causing more harm.
I look forward to the spring vegetables because the season is so short. Mushrooms, edible foraged herbs, wild leeks, early season asparagus.
If you ask what people say what American cuisine is, they cannot really do it. I don't know what it is.
We must make sure that there is recess and P.E. class in every school, getting kids outside for 60 minutes, every day.
As much as we love being sociable on holiday, part of me craves the idea of being away, staying in a hut on the beach, and maybe not seeing anyone for days apart from Jamie and the boys.
Exercise is like an old friend: You may not be able to see that friend all the time, but you're not mad when you see them, you're happy, and you get right back into it.
Steve Jobs came back to Apple in 1997 - the iPod came out 4 years later. 3 years after that is the first time his market cap grew. It took 7 years.
During the year, our schools are busy slashing P.E. and recess to make more time for math. During the summer, we get ourselves worked into a tizzy that our children will forget their fractions.
When I see someone who has responsibilities, most of the time I can pinpoint that person because of the way he carries himself.
