I am as omnivorous as it's possible to be. I always say there's nothing I won't eat and nothing I won't wear.

- Padma Lakshmi

Beauty is no accomplishment on its own. It's what you do with it.

- Padma Lakshmi

I will eat anything, at least once. For better or worse.

- Padma Lakshmi

Women's voices not being heard is the root of many of the problems of the world.

- Padma Lakshmi

I am a sufferer of endometriosis. I didn't want any young women to go through what I went through. I thought that people should know about it.

- Padma Lakshmi

If any chef ever tells you they're not inspired equally by the truck-stop barbecue as they are by the four-star Michelin restaurant they are lying.

- Padma Lakshmi

The best thing you can do for someone is make them a beautiful plate of food. How else can you invade someone's body without actually touching them?

- Padma Lakshmi

I like me better naked. I don't mean that in a vain way... When you put clothes on, you immediately put a character on. Clothes are adjectives, they …

- Padma Lakshmi

It doesn't matter how precisely the onion is cut as long as the person chewing it is happy.

- Padma Lakshmi