Cooking And Eating Quotes

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

  Mark Twain

  Life, Success, Inspiration

  Mark Twain (2015). “Bite-Size Twain: Wit and Wisdom from the Literary Legend”, p.31, St. Martin's Press

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• Everything you see I owe to spaghetti.

  Sophia Loren

  Beauty, Food, Inspiration

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• I will not eat oysters. I want my food dead - not sick, not wounded - dead.

  Woody Allen

  Witty, Food, Oysters

  "Don't Drink the Water: A Comedy in Two Acts". Play by Woody Allen (p. 26), 1967.

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• Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all.

  Harriet Van Horne

  Love, Food, Memorable

  1956 Vogue, Oct.

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  All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast.

  John Gunther

  Happiness, Happy, Food

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• My weaknesses have always been food and men - in that order.

  Dolly Parton

  Love, Funny, Food

  Twitter post from Jun 21, 2010

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• I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food.

  W. C. Fields

  Funny, Witty, Drinking

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• I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate.

  Julia Child

  Inspiration, Food, Home Cooking

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• Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you who you are.

  Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

  Love, Horse, Food

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• If you really want to make a friend, go to someone's house and eat with him... the people who give you their food give you their heart.

  Cesar Chavez

  Love, Food, Heart

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• Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.

  Samuel Butler

  Funny, Friendship, Sarcastic

  Samuel Butler (2008). “The Note-books of Samuel Butler: Easyread Comfort Edition”, p.126, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Thanksgiving, Witty, Humorous

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  People who love to eat are always the best people.

  Julia Child

  Love, Food, Eating Good

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• Don't eat anything your great-grandmother wouldn't recognize as food.

  Michael Pollan

  Food, Grandmother, Cooking

  Michael Pollan (2009). “Food Rules: An Eater's Manual”, p.1, Penguin

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• Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

  Fran Lebowitz

  Funny, Life, Witty

  FaceBook post by Fran Lebowitz from Apr 13, 2010

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• I want my food dead. Not sick, not dying, dead.

  Oscar Wilde

  Food, Oysters, Sick

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• Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon.

  Doug Larson

  Life, Hilarious, Food

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• The people who give you their food give you their heart.

  Cesar Chavez

  Food, Heart, Eating Good

  Cesar Chavez (2008). “An Organizer's Tale: Speeches”, p.352, Penguin

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• One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.

  Virginia Woolf

  Love, Food, Sleep

  1929 A Room of One's Own, ch.1.

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• Show me who your friends are, and I will tell you what you are.

  Unknown

  Horse, Food, Garden

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• The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook.

  Julia Child

  Funny, Food, Vegetables

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• After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations.

  Oscar Wilde

  Family, Thanksgiving, Food

  1893 Lady Caroline. A Woman of No Importance, act 2.

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• No one who cooks cooks alone.

  Laurie Colwin

  Cooking Classes, Home Cooking, Chefs Cooking

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• Man is the only animal that can be bored.

  Erich Fromm

  Animal, Men, Vegetarianism

  Erich Fromm (2013). “Man for Himself: An Inquiry Into the Psychology of Ethics”, p.40, Routledge

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• You don't have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces - just good food from fresh ingredients.

  Julia Child

  Positive, Food, Health

  FaceBook post by Julia Child from Nov 26, 2015

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