Food Quotes

I shall content myself with merely declaring my firm conviction that, for the seeker who would live in fear of God and who would see Him face to face, restraint in diet both as to quantity and quality is as essential as restraint in thought and speech.

Mahatma Gandhi, Te Story of My E

Love food and I love to eat.

Salma Hayek

If food is poetry, is not poetry also food?

Joyce Carol Oates

And if you look at the reality in the United States, where you have more than 40 million people below the poverty line and 42 million on food stamps, and then you look at poverty around the world, clearly the way we're running the engine of capitalism is not serving us well.

Simon Mainwaring

End-of-the-world stories tend to ring true. I've always been drawn to them, but as I wrote my own, I found surprising pleasure in creating a world that is so radically changed, yet where there's so much meaning and value in every small and ordinary thing we have, and take for granted: hot showers, enough food, friends, routines.

Karen Thompson Walker

Food was a constant topic of conversation in our household.

Paul Lynde

Reminds me of my safari in Africa. Somebody forgot the corkscrew and for several days we had to live on nothing but food and water.

W. C. Fields

Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying.

Fran Lebowitz

If you're going to America, bring your own food.

Fran Lebowitz

Vegetables are interesting but lack a sense of purpose when unaccompanied by a good cut of meat.

Fran Lebowitz

Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

Fran Lebowitz

I believe food is the most brilliant invention ever.

Helena Christensen

I'd like to be rich. I'd like a lot of money to put into my physicals and to buy food for all my friends.

Syd Barrett

I think for me, food was a way for me to deal with emotional trouble.

Monica Seles

The number one mistake is giving pets table scraps. I made the mistake thinking I was showing my dog love by giving her food and treats. You see a tiny 4 oz. piece of cheese, but for a Boston Terrier like mine, that's like one and a half hamburgers. That's unhealthy.

Alison Sweeney

The wonderful thing about Food for Thought is that it lets you keep your hand in theater and be in front of a live audience without a commitment of six months, or even three months.

Treat Williams

Anything is good if it's made of chocolate.

Jo Brand

I heard about the project over a year before we began. My American agent said, 'Oh, you might want to read 'In Cold Blood' because they're talking about you for Capote, but the script's with Johnny Depp and Sean Penn at the moment.' So, these things take their time to dribble down the food chain.

Toby Jones

The food here is so tasteless you could eat a meal of it and belch and it wouldn't remind you of anything.

Redd Foxx

You know, rural Americans are a special people. Their labor puts food on our table and fuel in our gas tanks. Their service in our military sets a powerful example of leadership, honor and sacrifice. Their spirit of community inspires us all.

Tom Vilsack