"Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch"

This quote by Orson Welles is a humorous twist on the famous quote by John F. Kennedy, "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." Welles is suggesting that instead of being interested in patriotism and nationwide duty, people are more thinking about daily concerns such as food and nourishment. This spirited rewording of the phrase shows a certain cynicism or apprehension towards the idea of selfless sacrifice for the greater excellent, highlighting the more ordinary and maybe more universal issues that inhabit our lives.