11 Quotes & Sayings By Gilbert Parker

Gilbert Parker is the author of more than eighty books about food and cooking, including The Art of French Cooking, the most influential cookbook in the history of American cuisine. He is co-author with Marcella Hazan of The Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking, which won a James Beard award for Best American Cookbook in 1998, and co-author with Michael Ruhlman of the best-selling French Laundry Cookbook. His recipe columns have appeared in newspapers coast to coast, including the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Women's Day Magazine. He lives in New York City with his wife and two daughters.

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War is cruelty, and none can make it gentle. Gilbert Parker
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Love knows not distance it hath no continent its eyes are for the stars. Gilbert Parker
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It's the people who try to be clever who never are the people who are clever never think of trying to be. Gilbert Parker
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For when a child is born the mother also is born again. Gilbert Parker
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She belongs to a race of delightful women, who never do any harm, whom everybody calls good, and who are very severe on those who do not pretend to be good. Gilbert Parker
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Imagination is at the root of much that passes for love. Gilbert Parker
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It must be remembered that the sea is a great breeder of friendship. Two men who have known each other for twenty years find that twenty days at sea bring them nearer than ever they were before, or else estrange them. Gilbert Parker
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The real business of life is trying to understand each other. Gilbert Parker
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Nothing is so unproductive as the law. It is expensive whether you win or lose. Gilbert Parker
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Tomorrow is no man's gift. Gilbert Parker