Quotes about food
51 quotes from 41 people
- POP. J. O'Rourke1947–2022The Bachelor Home Companion (1986)
You can tell a lot about a fellow’s character by his way of eating jellybeans.
If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
Carl Sagan1934–1996Cosmos (1980), p. 218A mind of the calibre of mine cannot derive its nutriment from cows.
George Bernard Shaw1856–1950Man and Superman (1903), p. 23- George Bernard Shaw1856–1950Interview “Who I Am, and What I Think”, in Frank Harris’s periodical The Candid Friend (May 1901), reprinted in Sixteen Self Sketches, 1949, p. 53; quoted in Desmond King-Hele, Shelley: His Thought and Work, 1984, p. 42
Serenely full, the epicure would say,
Fate cannot harm me, I have dined today.
Sydney Smith1771–1845Lady Holland’s Memoir (1855), Vol. I, ch. 11, “Recipe for Salads”, p. 426Let onion atoms lurk within the bowl
And, scarce suspected, animate the whole.Sydney Smith1771–1845Lady Holland’s Memoir (1855), Vol. I, ch. 11, “Recipe for Salads”, p. 426Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live.
Socrates470–399 BCPlutarch Moralia, How the Young Man Should Study PoetryMany’s a long night I’ve dreamed of cheese — toasted mostly.
