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A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.
Aesop on food

We may find in the long run that tinned food is a deadlier weapon than the machine-gun.
George Orwell on food

Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage.
Woody Allen on food

Food for the body is not enough. There must be food for the soul.
Dorothy Day on food

My weaknesses have always been food and men - in that order.
Dolly Parton on food

One should eat to live, not live to eat.
Moliere on food

I will not eat oysters. I want my food dead. Not sick. Not wounded. Dead.
Woody Allen on food

I would like to find a stew that will give me heartburn immediately, instead of at three o clock in the morning.
John Barrymore on food

Anything is good if it's made of chocolate.
Jo Brand on food

So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for the time being.
Franz Kafka on food

What I've enjoyed most, though, is meeting people who have a real interest in food and sharing ideas with them. Good food is a global thing and I find that there is always something new and amazing to learn - I love it!
Jamie Oliver on food

I like to use 'I Can't Believe it's Not Butter' on my toast in the morning, because sometimes when I eat breakfast, I like to be incredulous. How was breakfast? Unbelievable.
Demetri Martin on food

If you're going to America, bring your own food.
Fran Lebowitz on food

If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.
W. Somerset Maugham on food

Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us.
Peter De Vries on food

More die in the United States of too much food than of too little.
John Kenneth Galbraith on food

The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.
Calvin Trillin on food

When I was trying to impress Kate I was trying to cook these amazing fancy dinners and what would happen was I would burn something, something would overspill, something would catch on fire and she would be sitting in the background trying to help, and basically taking control of the whole situation, so I was quite glad she was there at the time.
Prince William on food

Eating rice cakes is like chewing on a foam coffee cup, only less filling.
Dave Barry on food

Spaghetti can be eaten most successfully if you inhale it like a vacuum cleaner.
Sophia Loren on food