Food Quotes

Don't eat till you're full, eat till you're tired.

Don't eat till you're full, eat till you're tired.
Andrew Zimmern

Perhaps they should feel this safe sand blow away so that their heads are uncove...

Perhaps they should feel this safe sand blow away so that their heads are uncovered for a time, so that they will have to taste not only the solid honesty of my red borscht, but the new flavor of the changing world.
M.F.K. Fisher

They served Good Food but only a G, an O and a D were lit up. Personally, I doub...

They served Good Food but only a G, an O and a D were lit up. Personally, I doubted God dined there. Unless God was keen on samonella poisoning and rat droppings in the hamburgers. But then again, what did I know?
Julie Kenner

Nothing mitigates the throes of depression like a steaming plate of spaghetti an...

Nothing mitigates the throes of depression like a steaming plate of spaghetti and meatballs with marinara sauce and grated parmasan cheese, with a good fresh bread to wipe up.
Paul Clayton

It's brutal out there. A bear will eat a lactating ewe alive, starting with her...

It's brutal out there. A bear will eat a lactating ewe alive, starting with her udders. as a rule, animals in the wild don't get good deaths surrounded by their loved ones.
Michael Pollan

Without pushing an agenda (okay, maybe I've pushed a bit), I've spread a little...

Without pushing an agenda (okay, maybe I've pushed a bit), I've spread a little veganism wherever I've gone. I've become friends with chefs at the meatiest restaurants you can imagine, and shown them a few things that opened their minds (and their menus) to vegan options. It's easy to be convincing when the food is delicious. It doesn't feel like a sacrifice--it feels like a step up.
Tal Ronnen

Harry had worked his way through the American Dream and come to the conclusion t...

Harry had worked his way through the American Dream and come to the conclusion that is was composed of a good lunch and a deep red wine that could soar.
Colum McCann

When the watermelons were as large as a child's head, the women boiled them, but...

When the watermelons were as large as a child's head, the women boiled them, but they collapsed into a tasteless green mush that no one could eat, not the children, not the cow.
Annie Proulx

foodstuffs absolved of the obligation to provide vitamins and minerals cavorted...

foodstuffs absolved of the obligation to provide vitamins and minerals cavorted with reckless abandon.
Michael Lewis

I took a bite of lobster meat with rice. It was quite tasty. 'Arguing the morali...

I took a bite of lobster meat with rice. It was quite tasty. 'Arguing the morality of slaughter will send you into a tailspin of self-loathing every time.' 'Unless you're a vegan.' 'Uh-huh. But then you're a vegan and you don't count.
Julie Powell

If you seek for supreme predator, go find God. He hunts the prime killer of mank...

If you seek for supreme predator, go find God. He hunts the prime killer of mankind, the Satan.
Toba Beta

Morgan was looking at the food in front of her suspiciously, as if it intended t...

Morgan was looking at the food in front of her suspiciously, as if it intended to merely reside for a bit inside her, then liberate itself at a most inconvenient time.
Lynn Kurland

Thinking about lunch. Smoked salmon with pedigreed lettuce and razor-sharp slice...

Thinking about lunch. Smoked salmon with pedigreed lettuce and razor-sharp slices of onion that have been soaked in ice water, brushed with horseradish and mustard, served on French butter rolls baked in the hot ovens of Kinokuniya. A sandwich made in heaven
Haruki Murakami

Eating – overeating – saved me. It comforted me when I was at the mercy of grown...

Eating – overeating – saved me. It comforted me when I was at the mercy of grown-ups who didn't know how to give what I needed. Food was something to which I had ready access, and with it I cleverly fashioned a survival mechanism that pulled me back from the edge of insanity. – a young MacGuyver of angst and junk food.
Kim Brittingham

Or you can broil the meat, fry the onions, stew the garlic in the red wine...and...

Or you can broil the meat, fry the onions, stew the garlic in the red wine...and ask me to supper. I'll not care, really, even if your nose is a little shiny, so long as you are self-possessed and sure that wolf or no wolf, your mind is your own and your heart is another's and therefore in the right place.
M.F.K. Fisher

Creativity is not so much a boundless well, but an all-you-can-eat buffet of ele...

Creativity is not so much a boundless well, but an all-you-can-eat buffet of elements for your creative endeavor. Eventually you've eaten your fill, and it's time to digest and then make something. But at some point, it will be time to return to the restaurant.
Vera Nazarian

At last everything was satisfactorily arranged, and I could not help admiring th...

At last everything was satisfactorily arranged, and I could not help admiring the setting: these mingled touches betrayed on a small scale the inspiration of a poet, the research of a scientist, the good taste of an artist, the gourmet’s fondness for good food, and the love of flowers, which concealed in their delicate shadows a hint of the love of women
August Strindberg

You are what you eat. What would YOU like to be?

You are what you eat. What would YOU like to be?
Julie Murphy

You live among this ridiculous wealth and you get lost. You worry about nonsense...

You live among this ridiculous wealth and you get lost. You worry about nonsense like spirituality and inner health and satisfaction and relationships.You have no idea what it is like to starve, to watch yourself turn to bones.
Harlan Coben

Centuries of secularism have failed to transform eating into something strictly...

Centuries of secularism have failed to transform eating into something strictly utilitarian. Food is still treated with reverence...To eat is still something more than to maintain bodily functions. People may not understand what that 'something more' is, but they nonetheless desire to celebrate it. They are still hungry and thirsty for sacramental life.
Alexander Schmemann