Food Quotes - Page 40

• Reality is an illusion created by a lack of alcohol.

  N. F. Simpson

  Drinking, Reality, Funny Sarcastic

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• I always wondered why babies spend so much time sucking their thumbs. Then I tasted baby food.

  Robert Orben

  Mom, Baby, Boys

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• Coffee isn't my cup of tea.

  Samuel Goldwyn

  Funny, Hilarious, Humorous

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• Be careful to trust a person who does not like wine.

  Karl Marx

  Drinking, Wine, Cooking

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• A mind of the caliber of mine cannot derive its nutrient from cows.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Wine, Mind, Cows

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• There are no standards of taste in wine... Each man's own taste is the standard, and a majority vote cannot decide for him or in any slightest degree affect the supremacy of his own standard.

  Mark Twain

  Wine, Men, Majority Vote

  Mark Twain (194?). “Mark Twain's notebook”

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• At that comfortable tavern on Pontchartrain we had a bouillabaisse than which a better was never eaten at Marseilles; and not the least headache in the morning, I give you my word; on the contrary, you only wake with a sweet refreshing thirst for claret and water.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Sweet, Morning, Giving

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1869). “Roundabout Papers (from the Cornhill Magazine): To which is Added The Second Funeral of Napoleon”, p.177

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• All the charming and beautiful things, from the Song of Songs, to bouillabaisse, and from the nine Beethoven symphonies to the Martini cocktail, have been given to humanity by men who, when the hour came, turned from tap water to something with color in it, and more in it than mere oxygen and hydrogen.

  H. L. Mencken

  Beautiful, Song, Men

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• Let us candidly admit that there are shameful blemishes on the American past, of which the worst by far is rum. Nevertheless, we have improved man's lot and enriched his civilization with rye, bourbon and the Martini cocktail. In all history has any other nation done so much?

  Bernard DeVoto

  Past, Men, Civilization

  Bernard DeVoto (2010). “The Hour: A Cocktail Manifesto”, p.11, Tin House Books

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• Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.

  Samuel Johnson

  Drinking, Hero, Wine

  In James Boswell 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' (1791) vol. 3, p. 381 (7 April 1779)

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• Burgundy makes you think of silly things; Bordeaux makes you talk about them, and Champagne makes you do them.

  Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

  Silly, Wine, Thinking

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• Zen martini: A martini with no vermouth at all. And no gin, either.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Drinking, Alcohol, Cocktails

  P. J. O'Rourke (1983). “Modern manners”, Dell Books

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• A man who was fond of wine was offered some grapes at dessert after dinner. "Much obliged," said he, pushing the plate aside, "I am not accustomed to take my wine in pills."

  Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

  Drinking, Wine, Men

  Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (2010). “A Handbook of Gastronomy”, p.373, Lulu.com

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• Whoever takes just plain ginger ale soon gets drowned out of the conversation.

  Kin Hubbard

  Drinking, Alcohol, Ale

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• I pray thee let me and my fellow have a haire of the dog that bit us last night.

  John Heywood

  Dog, Beer, Night

  John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.45

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• This beer is good for you. This is draft beer. Stick with the beer. Let's go and beat this guy up and come back and drink some more beer.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Drinking, Beer, Guy

  Ernest Hemingway (2002). “To Have and Have Not”, p.143, Simon and Schuster

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• I've made it a rule never to drink by daylight and never to refuse a drink after dark.

  H. L. Mencken

  Drinking, Dark, Beer

  New York Post 18 Sept. 1945

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• I can make dressing - or stuffing. Y'all call it stuffing up here, we call it dressing down there. It's really good dressing. That family recipe was passed on, and I love to make that.

  Edie Brickell

  Grandchildren, Family Love, Recipes

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• To a man with an empty stomach food is God

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Men, Poverty, Empty

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• Truths are first clouds; then rain, then harvest and food.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Rain, Clouds, Rivers

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.92

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• They mention that it's a nonstop flight. Well, I must say I don't care for that sort of thing. Call me old fashioned, but I insist that my flight stop. Preferably at an airport.

  George Carlin

  Humorous, Airports, Care

  George Carlin (2002). “Napalm & Silly Putty”, Hyperion

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• Plant a radish, get a radish, never any doubt. That's why I love vegetables, you know what they're about!

  Tom Jones

  Funny Inspirational, Vegetables, Cooking

  Harvey Schmidt, Tom Jones (2000). “The Fantasticks”, p.92, Hal Leonard Corporation

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• Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper.

  Adelle Davis

  Funny Inspirational, Kings, Health

  "Million Dollar Habits: Proven Power Practices to Double and Triple Your Income". Book by Brian Tracy, May 2, 2006.

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• In nothing more is the English genius for domesticity more notably declared than in the institution of this festival-almost one may call it-of afternoon tea...the mere chink of cups and saucers tunes the mind to happy repose.

  George Gissing

  Grandmother, Cooking, Tea

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• The age of your children is a key factor in how quickly you are served in a restaurant. We once had a waiter in Canada who said, "Could I get you your check?" and we answered, "How about the menu first?"

  Erma Bombeck

  Baby, Children, Kids

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