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Food and sex. Those are my two passions. — George Costanza · 1997There has never been a sadness that can't be cured by breakfast food. — Ron Swanson · 2014We need to remember what's important in life: friends, waffles, work. Or waffles, friends, work. Doesn't matter, but work is third. — Leslie Knope · 2011It’s the best part. It’s crunchy, it’s explosive, it’s where the muffin breaks free of the pan and sort of does its own thing. I’ll tell you. That’s a million-dollar idea right there. Just sell the tops. — Elaine Benes · 1997Look, I got a few good years left. If I want a Chip Ahoy, I’m having it. — Morty Seinfeld · 1996Just give me all the bacon and eggs you have. Wait, wait. I worry what you just heard was, "Give me a lot of bacon and eggs." What I said was, "Give me all the bacon and eggs you have." Do you understand? — Ron Swanson · 2011Comedy (TV)6 quotes
Food and sex. Those are my two passions. — George Costanza · 1997There has never been a sadness that can't be cured by breakfast food. — Ron Swanson · 2014We need to remember what's important in life: friends, waffles, work. Or waffles, friends, work. Doesn't matter, but work is third. — Leslie Knope · 2011It’s the best part. It’s crunchy, it’s explosive, it’s where the muffin breaks free of the pan and sort of does its own thing. I’ll tell you. That’s a million-dollar idea right there. Just sell the tops. — Elaine Benes · 1997Look, I got a few good years left. If I want a Chip Ahoy, I’m having it. — Morty Seinfeld · 1996Just give me all the bacon and eggs you have. Wait, wait. I worry what you just heard was, "Give me a lot of bacon and eggs." What I said was, "Give me all the bacon and eggs you have." Do you understand? — Ron Swanson · 2011Comedy (play)4 quotes
Eat no onions nor garlic, for we are to utter sweet breath. — William Shakespeare · 1599It's good food and not fine words that keeps me alive. — Moliere · 1672One should eat to live, and not live to eat. — Moliere · 1669I am a great eater of beef, and I believe that does harm to my wit. — William Shakespeare · 1602Crime4 quotes
Medium rare. Hmmm...an aristocrat. — Johnny Dio · 1990Any time of the day is a good time for pie. — Fabienne · 1994All our food: pizza, calzone, buffalo mozzarella, olive oil. These fucks had nothin'. They ate pootsie before we gave them the gift of our cuisine. — Paulie "Walnuts" Gualtieri · 1999Hamburgers! The cornerstone of any nutritious breakfast. — Jules Winnfield · 1994Food writing4 quotes
Cooking is the most ancient of arts, for Adam was born hungry. — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin · 1825The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a star. — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin · 1825Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly. — M.F.K. Fisher · 1949Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are. — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin · 1825Crime (film)3 quotes
Medium rare. Hmmm...an aristocrat. — Johnny Dio · 1990Any time of the day is a good time for pie. — Fabienne · 1994Hamburgers! The cornerstone of any nutritious breakfast. — Jules Winnfield · 1994Drama3 quotes
Fried chicken just tend to make you feel better about life. — Minny Jackson · 2011All our food: pizza, calzone, buffalo mozzarella, olive oil. These fucks had nothin'. They ate pootsie before we gave them the gift of our cuisine. — Paulie "Walnuts" Gualtieri · 1999Anyway, like I was sayin', shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, sauté it. Dey's uh, shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich. That—that's about it. — Bubba · 1994Sitcom3 quotes
Food and sex. Those are my two passions. — George Costanza · 1997It’s the best part. It’s crunchy, it’s explosive, it’s where the muffin breaks free of the pan and sort of does its own thing. I’ll tell you. That’s a million-dollar idea right there. Just sell the tops. — Elaine Benes · 1997Look, I got a few good years left. If I want a Chip Ahoy, I’m having it. — Morty Seinfeld · 1996Drama (film)2 quotes
Fried chicken just tend to make you feel better about life. — Minny Jackson · 2011Anyway, like I was sayin', shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, sauté it. Dey's uh, shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich. That—that's about it. — Bubba · 1994History (play)2 quotes
He hath eaten me out of house and home. — William Shakespeare · 1597Things sweet to taste prove in digestion sour. — William Shakespeare · 1595Neo-noir2 quotes
Any time of the day is a good time for pie. — Fabienne · 1994Hamburgers! The cornerstone of any nutritious breakfast. — Jules Winnfield · 1994Autobiography and memoir1 quote
A Coke is a Coke and no amount of money can get you a better Coke than the one the bum on the corner is drinking. All the Cokes are the same and all the Cokes are good. — Andy Warhol · 1975Comedy (stand up)1 quote
We got so much food in America we allergic to food. Allergic to food! Hungry people ain't allergic to shit! You think anybody in Rwanda's got a fuckin' lactose intolerance? — Chris Rock · 1996Crime (TV)1 quote
All our food: pizza, calzone, buffalo mozzarella, olive oil. These fucks had nothin'. They ate pootsie before we gave them the gift of our cuisine. — Paulie "Walnuts" Gualtieri · 1999Drama (TV)1 quote
All our food: pizza, calzone, buffalo mozzarella, olive oil. These fucks had nothin'. They ate pootsie before we gave them the gift of our cuisine. — Paulie "Walnuts" Gualtieri · 1999Feminist literature1 quote
One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well. — Virginia Woolf · 1929Historical drama1 quote
Fried chicken just tend to make you feel better about life. — Minny Jackson · 2011Historical drama (film)1 quote
Fried chicken just tend to make you feel better about life. — Minny Jackson · 2011Romantic comedy (play)1 quote
I am a great eater of beef, and I believe that does harm to my wit. — William Shakespeare · 1602Spy1 quote
Red wine with fish. Well, that should have told me something. — James Bond · 1963Spy (film)1 quote
Red wine with fish. Well, that should have told me something. — James Bond · 1963Thriller1 quote
Red wine with fish. Well, that should have told me something. — James Bond · 1963Thriller (film)1 quote
Red wine with fish. Well, that should have told me something. — James Bond · 1963Travel writing1 quote
My definition of Man is, "a Cooking Animal." The beasts have memory, judgment, and all the faculties and passions of our mind, in a certain degree; but no beast is a cook... Man alone can dress a good dish; and every man whatever is more or less a cook, in seasoning what he himself eats. — James Boswell · 1773