Food

Popular Quotes and Sayings about Food

Food is an important part of a balanced diet. ~Fran Lebowitz

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

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow. ~Mark Twain

When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber. ~Sir Winston Churchill

I cannot pretend to feel impartial about colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns. ~Sir Winston Churchill

Man seeketh in society comfort, use and protection. ~Sir Francis Bacon

People who are always making allowances for themselves soon go bankrupt. ~Mary Pettibone Poole

At my age the bones are water in the morning until food is given them. ~Pearl Buck

Preach not to others what they should eat, but eat as becomes you, and be silent. ~Epictetus

Tomatoes and oregano make it Italian; wine and tarragon make it French. Sour cream makes it Russian; lemon and cinnamon make it Greek. Soy sauce makes it Chinese; garlic makes it good. ~Alice May Brock

Food is the most primitive form of comfort. ~Sheila Graham

Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat. ~Socrates

The number of guests at dinner should not be less than the number of the Graces nor exceed that of the Muses, i.e., it should begin with three and stop at nine. ~Marcus Terentius Varro

If hunger makes you irritable, better eat and be pleasant. ~Sefer Hasidim

Make hunger thy sauce, as a medicine for health. ~Thomas Tusser

Man is what he eats. ~Ludwig Feuerbach

Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are. ~Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

All things must change to something new, to something strange. ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night. ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Water is the most neglected nutrient in your diet but one of the most vital. ~Kelly Barton

There smites nothing so sharp, nor smelleth so sour as shame. ~William Langland

At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely. ~W. Somerset Maugham

A coupla months in the laboratory can save a coupla hours in the library. ~Westheimer%27s Discovery

My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people. ~Orson Welles

Never eat more than you can lift. ~Miss Piggy

My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever. The bombing begins in five minutes. ~Ronald Reagan

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness. ~Bertrand Russell

What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. It is always the same step, but you have to take it. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Retirement at sixty-five is ridiculous. When I was sixty-five I still had pimples. ~George Burns