882 private quotes tagged food

“Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food to the body.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food.” — W.C. Fields

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“You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six.” — Yogi Berra

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“I want my food dead. Not sick, not dying, dead.” — Oscar Wilde

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“Animals that we eat are raised for food in the most economical way possible, and the serious food producers do it in the most humane way possible. I think anyone who is a carnivore needs to understand that meat does not originally come in these neat little packages.” — Julia Child

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“I like refried beans. That's why I wanna try fried beans, because maybe they're just as good and we're just wasting time. You don't have to fry them again after all.” — Mitch Hedberg

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“A waffle is like a pancake with a syrup trap.” — Mitch Hedberg

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“Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive.” — George Bernard Shaw

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“Even when a person has all of life's comforts - good food, good shelter, a companion - he or she can still become unhappy when encountering a tragic situation.” — Dalai Lama

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“I'm at the age where food has taken the place of sex in my life. In fact, I've just had a mirror put over my kitchen table.” — Rodney Dangerfield

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“Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage.” — Woody Allen

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“Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.” — Mark Twain

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“Food is an important part of a balanced diet.” — Fran Lebowitz

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“If you're going to America, bring your own food.” — Fran Lebowitz

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“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” — J. R. R. Tolkien

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“Eating rice cakes is like chewing on a foam coffee cup, only less filling.” — Dave Barry

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“There is no sincerer love than the love of food.” — George Bernard Shaw

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“Revenge is barren of itself: it is the dreadful food it feeds on its delight is murder, and its end is despair.” — Friedrich Schiller

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“Animals are my friends... and I don't eat my friends.” — George Bernard Shaw

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“On the Continent people have good food in England people have good table manners.” — George Mikes

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“Amazing that the human race has taken enough time out from thinking about food or sex to create the arts and sciences.” — Mason Cooley

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“The food here is terrible, and the portions are too small.” — Woody Allen

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“Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the soul bears the body, so God endures the world. Just as the soul sees but is not seen, so God sees but is not seen. Just as the soul feeds the body, so God gives food to the world.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“The class of citizens who provide at once their own food and their own raiment, may be viewed as the most truly independent and happy.” — James Madison

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“A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.” — Benjamin Franklin

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