Quotes from Marco Pierre White

Good people are always forgiving. They close an eye to one's failings.

A chef's palate is born out of his childhood, and one thing all chefs have in common is a mother who can cook.

I think, in life, the more you force things, they break. You just let things happen.

Eating is one of the most important aspects of living. I like indulging. I like to eat one food at a time, to savor each individual thing.

I am a believer that if you bring children into this world, then you have a responsibility to do your best and support and guide them until the day you die.

My children are, without question, the most wonderful thing. I've learnt more about myself through my children than any other experience in my life.

Dad was diagnosed with lung cancer when I was a lad. From then on, he lived in fear that death was just around the corner, and he set about programming me to work hard and bring in some cash.

I'm the Christopher Biggins of reality TV.

Rudeness is not having fun, and if it is, it's at the expense of another person.

I take so much from my life. I have my shooting and my fishing. I have my working life. I have my relationship with my children.

I came from the most humble side of society, and I know what it's like to be poor, really poor, and I was brought up in the '60s and '70s very poor, and I'm very happy flying the flag for the working man.

I came from a hard, working-class world which, since my mother's death, had been dominated by men. I hadn't been encouraged to talk about the burden of grief, and because I was severely underdeveloped when it came to sharing my emotions, I mustn't have been the most communicative husband.

I was brought up a working-class Tory. I believe, to be a true socialist, you have to be a capitalist first. In my heart, I'm a socialist; in my mind, I'm a capitalist.

When you work for someone, you never realise how much you are learning. It is only when you leave and you reflect back on life.

For me, food is about generosity, and this should reflect on the plate as well.

I just can't stand Tony Blair.

My tortured life - with its extremes and conflicts - might have been difficult for me to deal with, but the press couldn't get enough of it. I was in the papers every day, 'the enfant terrible of the culinary world.'

A tree without roots is just a piece of wood.

The newspapers had described me as the Jagger of the Aga. It wasn't hard living up to the reputation.

I love the institution of marriage.

Once you accept and understand yourself, you do things for the right reasons, not the wrong ones, rather than being fuelled by your insecurities.

I think Singapore is one of the great cities of the world.

I'm naturally an introvert.

I was racially discriminated against for years as a child in Leeds because I was an Italian.