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William Shakespeare4 quotes
Eat no onions nor garlic, for we are to utter sweet breath. — William Shakespeare · 1599He hath eaten me out of house and home. — William Shakespeare · 1597Things sweet to taste prove in digestion sour. — William Shakespeare · 1595I am a great eater of beef, and I believe that does harm to my wit. — William Shakespeare · 1602Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin3 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 · 1825Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are. — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin · 1825Benjamin Franklin2 quotes
Eat to live, and not live to eat. — Benjamin Franklin · 1733To lengthen thy Life, lessen thy Meals. — Benjamin Franklin · 1733Moliere2 quotes
It's good food and not fine words that keeps me alive. — Moliere · 1672One should eat to live, and not live to eat. — Moliere · 1669Ron Swanson2 quotes
There has never been a sadness that can't be cured by breakfast food. — Ron Swanson · 2014Just 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 · 2011Andy Warhol1 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 · 1975Bubba1 quote
Anyway, 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 · 1994Chris Rock1 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 · 1996David Foster Wallace1 quote
Is it all right to boil a sentient creature alive just for our gustatory pleasure? — David Foster Wallace · 2004Elaine Benes1 quote
It’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 · 1997Elizabeth David1 quote
Good food is always a trouble and its preparation should be regarded as a labour of love. — Elizabeth David · 1951Fabienne1 quote
Any time of the day is a good time for pie. — Fabienne · 1994George Costanza1 quote
Food and sex. Those are my two passions. — George Costanza · 1997James Bond1 quote
Red wine with fish. Well, that should have told me something. — James Bond · 1963James Boswell1 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 · 1773Johnny Dio1 quote
Medium rare. Hmmm...an aristocrat. — Johnny Dio · 1990Jonathan Swift1 quote
He was a bold Man that first eat an oyster. — Jonathan Swift · 1738Jules Winnfield1 quote
Hamburgers! The cornerstone of any nutritious breakfast. — Jules Winnfield · 1994Leslie Knope1 quote
We need to remember what's important in life: friends, waffles, work. Or waffles, friends, work. Doesn't matter, but work is third. — Leslie Knope · 2011M.F.K. Fisher1 quote
Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly. — M.F.K. Fisher · 1949Minny Jackson1 quote
Fried chicken just tend to make you feel better about life. — Minny Jackson · 2011Morty Seinfeld1 quote
Look, I got a few good years left. If I want a Chip Ahoy, I’m having it. — Morty Seinfeld · 1996Paulie "Walnuts" Gualtieri1 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 · 1999Peter De Vries1 quote
Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us. — Peter De Vries · 1956Robert Louis Stevenson1 quote
Many's the long night I've dreamed of cheese-toasted, mostly. — Robert Louis Stevenson · 1882Samuel Pepys1 quote
Strange to see how a good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody. — Samuel Pepys · 1665Virginia Woolf1 quote
One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well. — Virginia Woolf · 1929