Food & Drink: Food Quotes

Discover a curated collection of food quotes that savor the pleasures of cooking, eating, and sharing. From kitchen wisdom to playful wit, these lines highlight ingredients, traditions, and the simple comfort of a good meal. Whether you seek inspiration for your menu, a caption for a dish, or perspective from chefs and writers, explore words that celebrate flavor, community, and creativity.

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"The food here is terrible, and the portions are too small"

Woody Allen, Director

Woody Allen

"Food is not just fuel, it's information. It talks to your DNA and tells it what to do"

Jamie Oliver, Chef

Jamie Oliver

"Food is not just about nourishment, it's about pleasure and joy"

Gail Simmons, Author

Gail Simmons

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

Virginia Woolf, Author

Virginia Woolf

"I also like to eat very much, so I like all different types of foods"

Peter Steele, Musician

Peter Steele

"I have always been a fan of Coca-Cola. I think it has the best taste of any soft drink"

Warren Buffett, Businessman

Warren Buffett

"Food should be raw, just the way God intended it!"

Carol Alt, Model

Carol Alt

"Life is too short, and I'm Italian. I'd much rather eat pasta and drink wine than be a size 0"

Sophia Bush, Actress

"I eat a variety of foods like vegetables, fruit and beef for protein and iron"

Sasha Cohen, Athlete

Sasha Cohen

"That was the best ice cream soda I ever tasted"

Lou Costello, Comedian

Lou Costello

"If it doesn't taste good it doesn't go on the menu"

Heston Blumenthal, Chef

Heston Blumenthal

"I live on good soup, not on fine words"

Moliere, Playwright

Moliere

"Mel's Diner in L.A. - they are my favorite hamburgers. I could eat there every day. They are ridiculous"

Liam Hemsworth, Actor

Liam Hemsworth

"Hopefully, imparting what's important to me, respect for the food and that information about the purveyors, people will realize that for a restaurant to be good, so many pieces have to come together"

Thomas Keller, Celebrity

Thomas Keller

"But once in a while you might see me at In and Out Burger; they make the best fast food hamburgers around"

Thomas Keller, Celebrity

Thomas Keller

"Food is so much more than just sustenance. It's about culture, history, and connection"

Gail Simmons, Author

Gail Simmons

"Food is the great equalizer, it brings people together from all walks of life"

Gail Simmons, Author

Gail Simmons

"Cheese - milk's leap toward immortality"

Clifton Paul Fadiman, Writer

"Eating is not merely a material pleasure. Eating well gives a spectacular joy to life and contributes immensely to goodwill and happy companionship. It is of great importance to the morale"

Elsa Schiaparelli, Designer

Elsa Schiaparelli

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

Samuel Johnson, Author

Samuel Johnson

"It's difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato"

Lewis Grizzard, Writer

Lewis Grizzard

"I won't eat anything green"

Kurt Cobain, Musician

Kurt Cobain

"I'm a fry lover"

Michelle Obama, First Lady

Michelle Obama

"The problem is when that fun stuff becomes the habit. And I think that's what's happened in our culture. Fast food has become the everyday meal"

Michelle Obama, First Lady

Michelle Obama

"I'm not much of a cake person"

Daniel Radcliffe, Actor

Daniel Radcliffe

"It's easy for Americans to forget that the food they eat doesn't magically appear on a supermarket shelf"

Christopher Dodd, Politician

Christopher Dodd

"The correlation between poverty and obesity can be traced to agricultural policies and subsidies"

Michael Pollan, Educator

"It occurred to me that I just didn't see how I could go ahead and continue to eat meat. It just seemed so... cannibalistic to me. And so, I'm a vegetarian, and I have been ever since"

Alice Paul, Activist

"Perhaps more than any other, the food industry is very sensitive to consumer demand"

Michael Pollan, Educator

"I don't eat celery. I eat raw milk, cheeses"

Carol Alt, Model

Carol Alt

"Civilization as it is known today could not have evolved, nor can it survive, without an adequate food supply"

Norman Borlaug, Scientist

"If I can't have too many truffles, I'll do without truffles"

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette, Novelist

"Well, I mean, bread, I mean, I've got to have bread too to live"

Anthony Quinn, Actor

"Am I eating chicken or tuna?"

Jessica Simpson, Musician

Jessica Simpson

"The Indian Corn, or Maiz, proves the most useful Grain in the World; and had it not been for the Fruitfulness of this Species, it would have proved very difficult to have settled some of the Plantations in America"

John Lawson, Explorer

"We are not hungry... Why foist this food upon us? We don't want to be choked. We have enough"

Robert Mugabe, Statesman

Robert Mugabe

"I never eat salad. I make sure I don't put a lot of junk into my system, but I hate vegetables!"

Rihanna, Musician

Rihanna

"Many of the genetically modified foods will be safe, I'm sure. Will most of them be safe? Nobody knows"

Jeremy Rifkin, Economist

"Too many people just eat to consume calories. Try dining for a change"

John Walters, Musician

"For less than the cost of a Big Mac, fries and a Coke, you can buy a loaf of fresh bread and some good cheese or roast beef, which you will enjoy much more"

Steve Albini, Musician

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