Charlie Trotter Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“My parents couldn't be looser. It was the ultimate laissez faire upbringing.”

“I couldn't really relate to the fraternity or party scene, to the people out in the mall every day protesting one thing or another. I felt like there was no one I could relate to.”

“You know the old adage that the customer's always right? Well, I kind of think that the opposite is true. The customer is rarely right.”

“You've got to give away what you love.”

“I took the obligatory economics classes in school, but I've long been a fan of the Milton Friedman philosophy and its libertarian bent: One must be free to do what one wants to do, as long as you don't harm another. This is the seminal treatise on free-market economics.”

“At home, a man is entitled to raise his voice maybe once a year, if something really gets under his skin. At work, it's different. I raise my voice all the time. Not out of malice, but to get things right. It's never personal.”

“I got on a Dostoyevsky kick right after college. I started with 'Crime and Punishment,' went on to 'The Possessed' and then 'The Brothers Karamazov' and 'The Idiot.'”

“There has been no great surprise, no sudden revelation. I knew pretty much what I was getting into. What I've learned is that a restaurant can be as much of an art as you want it to be, but it has to be a successful business first.”

“You can't be afraid to not have everything figured out. There's too much pressure on young people today to have it all figured out when they're in college.”

“I am actually a very gentle person.”