Burnt Quotes

Adam Jones: If it's not perfect, you throw it away... regardless of time.

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Tony: My advice to you, Chef, if you want to live a long life, eat your own tongue.

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Adam Jones: I sentenced myself to shuck 1 million oysters. Today is the last day of my penance.

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Reece: You're better than me. But the rest of us need you to lead us to places we wouldn't otherwise go.

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Lily: [after Adam has finished making her an elaborate birthday cake]I've had better.

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Adam Jones: I don't want my resturant to be a place where people sit and eat. I want people to sit at that table and be sick with longing.

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Adam Jones: People eat because they are hungry; I want to make food that makes people stop eating.

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Adam Jones: [on his restaurant]We should be dealing in culinary orgasms. When is the last time you had an orgasm that was interesting?
Helene: Remind me never ever to discuss food with you in public.

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Adam Jones: [Listening to his analyst]Should I be writing this down? Because I don't have a crayon.

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[first lines] Adam Jones: Jean Luc, my mentor - the guy who gave me a chance as a chef - said to me it was God who created oysters and apples. And you can't improve recipes like that. But it is our job to try.
Adam Jones: Being a young chef, I sure as hell tried. I spent ten years cooking in Paris and became head chef of Jean Luc's restaurant. I was good. Some nights I was almost as good as I thought I was. 999,696... 697... At least that's what I'm told. 698... 699... Then I destroyed it all. My devils chased me out of Paris and I washed up in New Orleans. I sentenced myself to hard labor shucking oysters. 999,999. And today's the last day of my penance. One million. [slurps it down]

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Sara: He scares me.
David: He's a two-star Michelin chef. He's supposed to be scary.
Sara: Well, two doesn't seem like many.
David: To get even one Michelin star, you have to be like Luke Skywalker. Okay? To get two, you have to be... whoever Alec Guinness was. But if you manage to get three... you're Yoda.
Sara: Well, what if he's Darth Vader?

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Adam Jones: [to Helene]The problem with being good is you become indispensable.

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Adam Jones: I love the decor, it's perfect for stoning infidels.

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Adam Jones: [waking on the kitchen floor]What is this, hell?
Reece: Yeah, I suppose it is. Well, the mercy of your enemy is a kind of hell.

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Lily: You're the ogre.
Adam Jones: Yes. But I bake great cakes.

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Simone Forth: You know, when I lie awake at night and list my regrets, you're one of them. I say to myself, Simone, you're a lesbian. Why did you sleep with Adam Jones?

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Tony: In Paris, it happened two times a week. I used to worry, now I don't. Believe me, the only person who will kill Adam Jones is Adam Jones.

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Helene: [about Adam]American?
Conti: Yeah.
Helene: Yeah. Arrogant prick.
Conti: Well, he's a chef.

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[last lines] Adam Jones: [sitting down to eat with an exhausted but contented staff]Thanks.

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Adam Jones: [to Helene]Apologize to the turbot 'cause it died in vain. I said apologize!

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Michel: [to Adam]When are you gonna do something about Medusa out there? You're pushing her too hard. If you're not careful, she's gonna end up like you. And we can't have a kitchen with two of you in it.

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Adam Jones: You know, people pay prostitutes extra to fake orgasms. Maybe Tony pays you extra to fake concern.

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Tony: Well, if you go, you should take someone with you. Someone to stop you from getting into a fight with him.
Adam Jones: Oh, you mean like you?
Tony: No.
Adam Jones: Your therapist's got a big mouth.
Tony: Nothing you didn't know. You said in your restaurant everything was possible, but, um, I know not everything is possible. Besides, you're not as pretty as you once were.
Adam Jones: Hey, Tony. Uh, you hungry? Can I... can I make you breakfast or something?
Tony: You mean, cook me breakfast instead of falling in love with me?
Adam Jones: Yeah.
Tony: No. Thank you. I already ate. But I appreciate the thought. Take someone nice.

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Adam Jones: [Eating lunch at a burger king in Londan]What you should have said is that the problem with this place is it's too consistent. And consistency is death.
Helene: Consistency is what every great chef strives for.
Adam Jones: No, a chef should strive to be consistent in experience, but not consistent in taste. It's like sex. It's like, you're always headed to the same place, but you got to find new and dangerous way of getting there.

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