The inventor of soda crackers has a place in hell.
—Martin H. Fischer
All sorrows are less with bread.
—Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) Spanish Novelist
Be careful of the words you say,
Keep them short and sweet.
You never know, from day to day,
Which ones you’ll have to eat.
—Anonymous
Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly.
—M. F. K. Fisher (1908–92) American Writer, Publisher
Custard: A detestable substance produced by a malevolent conspiracy of the hen, the cow, and the cook.
—Ambrose Bierce (1842–1913) American Short-story Writer, Journalist
Tell me what you like and I’ll tell you what you are.
—John Ruskin (1819–1900) English Writer, Art Critic
Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands—and then eat just one of the pieces.
—Judith Viorst (b.1931) American Psychoanalyst, Journalist, Writer
It is the mark of a mean, vulgar and ignoble spirit to dwell on the thought of food before meal times or worse to dwell on it afterwards, to discuss it and wallow in the remembered pleasures of every mouthful. Those whose minds dwell before dinner on the spit, and after on the dishes, are fit only to be scullions.
—Francis de Sales (1567–1622) French Catholic Saint
Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.
—William Blake (1757–1827) English Poet, Painter, Printmaker
You can say this for ready-mixes – the next generation isn’t going to have any trouble making pies exactly like mother used to make.
—Earl Wilson (1907–87) American Broadway Gossip Columnist
He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.
—Sa’Di (Musharrif Od-Din Muslih Od-Din) (c.1213–91) Persian Poet
Fish, to taste right, must swim three times – in water, in butter, and in wine
—Polish Proverb
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
—The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
—Samuel Johnson (1709–84) British Essayist
You can find your way across this country using burger joints the way a navigator uses stars.
—Charles Kuralt (1934–97) American Journalist, TV Personality
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
—The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
You needn’t tell me that a man who doesn’t love oysters and asparagus and good wines has got a soul, or a stomach either. He’s simply got the instinct for being unhappy highly developed.
—Saki (Hector Hugh Munro) (1870–1916) British Short Story Writer, Satirist, Historian
Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.
—Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist
For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God: and are ecome such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a abe. But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good nd evil.
—The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
When mighty roast beef was the Englishman’s food It ennobled our hearts and enriched our blood—Our soldiers were brave and our courtiers ere good. Oh! the roast beef of England. And Old England’s roast beef.
—Henry Fielding (1707–54) English Novelist, Dramatist
Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity
—Voltaire (1694–1778) French Philosopher, Author
We must eat to live, and not live to eat.
—Henry Fielding (1707–54) English Novelist, Dramatist
Edible. Good to eat and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.
—Ambrose Bierce (1842–1913) American Short-story Writer, Journalist
Philosophy! Empty thinking by ignorant conceited men who think they can digest without eating!
—Iris Murdoch (1919–99) British Novelist, Playwright, Philosopher
The way you cut your meat reflects the way you live.
—Confucius (551–479 BCE) Chinese Philosopher
Like hunger, physical love is a necessity. But man’s appetite for amour is never so regular or so sustained as his appetite for the delights of the table.
—Honore de Balzac (1799–1850) French Novelist
Fools make feasts and wise men eat ’em.
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) American Political Leader, Inventor, Diplomat
Abstain from beans.
—Plutarch (c.46–c.120 CE) Greek Biographer, Philosopher
The whole of nature, as has been said, is a conjugation of the verb to eat, in the active and in the passive.
—William Motter Inge (1913–73) American Playwright, Novelist
I keep eating for fear I will be hungry.
—Mason Cooley (1927–2002) American Aphorist
We plan, we toil, we suffer – in the hope of what? A camel-load of idol’s eyes? The title deeds of Radio City? The empire of Asia? A trip to the moon? No, no, no, no. Simply to wake just in time to smell coffee and bacon and eggs.
—J. B. Priestley (1894–1984) English Novelist, Playwright, Critic
Condensed milk is wonderful. I don’t see how they can get a cow to sit down on those little cans.
—Fred Allen (1894–1956) American Humorist, Radio Personality
This is every cook’s opinion – no savory dish without an onion, but lest your kissing should be spoiled your onions must be fully boiled.
—Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) Irish Satirist
People think that if a man has undergone any hardship, he should have a reward; but for my part, if I have done the hardest possible day’s work, and then come to sit down in a corner and eat my supper comfortably—why, then I don’t think I deserve any reward for my hard day’s work—for am I not now at peace? Is not my supper good?
—Herman Melville (1819–91) American Novelist, Short Story Writer, Essayist, Poet
No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut.
—Channing Pollock (1880–1946)
American Playwright, Critic
Anyhow, the hole in the doughnut is at least digestible
—H. L. Mencken (1880–1956) American Journalist, Literary Critic
Most of the food allergies die under garlic and onion.
—Martin H. Fischer
Gluttony kills more than the sword.
—Common Proverb
Upscale people are fixated with food simply because they are now able to eat so much of it without getting fat, and the reason they don’t get fat is that they maintain a profligate level of calorie expenditure. The very same people whose evenings begin with melted goats cheese… get up at dawn to run, break for a mid-morning aerobics class, and watch the evening news while racing on a stationary bicycle.
—Barbara Ehrenreich (b.1941) American Social Critic, Essayist
Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.
—Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist
Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.
—Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) German Composer, Musician
And she said, As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
—The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
—Edmund Burke (1729–97) British Philosopher, Statesman
Eat little, sleep sound
—Persian Proverb
The best way to eat the elephant standing in your path is to cut it up into little pieces.
—African Proverb
A philosopher is a person who doesn’t care which side his bread is buttered on; he knows he eats both sides anyway.
—Joyce Brothers (1927–2013) American Psychologist, Advice Columnist
The chief pleasure in eating does not consist in costly seasoning, or exquisite flavor, but in yourself. Do you seek for sauce by labor?
—Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65–8 BCE) Roman Poet
Do vegetarians eat animal crackers?
—Unknown
And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness: And the children of Israel said unto hem, Would to God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; or ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
—The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
Don’t forget that the flavors of wine and cheese depend upon the types of infecting microrganisms
—Martin H. Fischer