Food Quotes - Page 40

HASH: There is no definition for this word - nobody knows what hash is.

Although I have been prevented by outward circumstances from observing a strictly vegetarian diet, I have long been an adherent to the cause in principle. Besides agreeing with the aims of vegetarianism for aesthetic and moral reasons, it is my view that a vegetarian manner of living by its purely physical effect on the human temperament would most beneficially influence the lot of mankind.

What I say is that, if a man really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.

I haven't eaten at a McDonald's since I became President.

Drink wine every day, at lunch and dinner, and the rest will take care of itself.

Taking food alone tends to make one hard and coarse. Those accustomed to it must lead a Spartan life if they are not to go downhill. Hermits have observed, if for only this reason, a frugal diet. For it is only in company that eating is done justice; food must be divided and distributed if it is to be well received.

If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.

Teetotallers lack the sympathy and generosity of men that drink.

Studies find top 3 most stressful moments in people's lives: death, divorce, and properly pronouncing "Worcestershire sauce."

A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.

It's okay to be fat. So you're fat. Just be fat and shut up about it.

There is one thing more exasperating than a wife who can cook and won't, and that's a wife who can't cook and will.

We may live without friends; we may live without books But civilized men cannot live without cooks.

Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.

This culture of waste has made us insensitive even to the waste and disposal of food, which is even more despicable when all over the world, unfortunately, many individuals and families are suffering from hunger and malnutrition.

I don't know what it is about food your mother makes for you, especially when it's something that anyone can make - pancakes, meat loaf, tuna salad - but it carries a certain taste of memory.

After praying, and before eating anything, it is a good custom for everyone to feed one another a small portion of the food. This will help to cultivate mutual love and affection among the family members.

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.

Nothing helps scenery like bacon and eggs.

A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than he needs.

The key dietary messages are stunningly simple: Eat less, move more, eat more fruits and vegetables, and don't eat too much junk food. It's no more complicated than that.

A complete lack of caution is perhaps one of the true signs of a real gourmet.

The doctrine of foods is of great ethical and political significance. Food becomes blood, blood becomes heart and brain, thoughts and mind stuff. Human fare is the foundation of human culture and thought. Would you improve a nation? Give it, instead of declamations against sin, better food. Man is what he eats [Der Mensch ist, was er isst].

Take care to chop the onion fine.

For if you bake bread with indifference, you bake a bitter bread that feeds but half man's hunger.