Food Quotes

How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?

How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
Charles de Gaulle

I am not a glutton - I am an explorer of food

I am not a glutton - I am an explorer of food
Erma Bombeck

There is one thing more exasperating than a wife who can cook and won't, and tha...

There is one thing more exasperating than a wife who can cook and won't, and that's a wife who can't cook and will.
Robert Frost

I hate people who are not serious about meals. It is so shallow of them.

I hate people who are not serious about meals. It is so shallow of them.
Oscar Wilde

A culture fixated on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty, bu...

A culture fixated on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty, but an obsession about female obedience. Dieting is the most potent political sedative in women’s history; a quietly mad population is a tractable one.
Naomi Wolf

Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn't illegal.

Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn't illegal.
Voltaire

I am at the moment writing a lengthy indictment against our century. When my bra...

I am at the moment writing a lengthy indictment against our century. When my brain begins to reel from my literary labors, I make an occasional cheese dip.
John Kennedy Toole

Don't wreck a sublime chocolate experience by feeling guilty. Chocolate isn't li...

Don't wreck a sublime chocolate experience by feeling guilty. Chocolate isn't like premarital sex. It will not make you pregnant. And it always feels good.
Lora Brody

The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking you've got to have...

The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking you've got to have a what-the-hell attitude.
Julia Child

What I say is that, if a man really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent s...

What I say is that, if a man really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.
A.A. Milne

Wait. Why am I thinking about Krispy Kremes? We’re supposed to be exercising.

Wait. Why am I thinking about Krispy Kremes? We’re supposed to be exercising.
Meg Cabot

your body is not a temple, it's an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.

your body is not a temple, it's an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.
Anthony Bourdain

Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food f...

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

Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.

Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.
Michael Pollan

Am I tough? Am I strong? Am I hard-core? Absolutely. Did I whimper with pathetic...

Am I tough? Am I strong? Am I hard-core? Absolutely. Did I whimper with pathetic delight when I sank my teeth into my hot fried-chicken sandwich? You betcha.
James Patterson

We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie.

We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie.
David Mamet

Do you know what breakfast cereal is made of? It's made of all those little curl...

Do you know what breakfast cereal is made of? It's made of all those little curly wooden shavings you find in pencil sharpeners!
Roald Dahl

I am a better person when I have less on my plate.

I am a better person when I have less on my plate.
Elizabeth Gilbert

You are what what you eat eats.

You are what what you eat eats.
Michael Pollan

The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook.

The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook.
Julia Child