"We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie."
– David Mamet
"I just want someone to look at me the way I look at food."
— Unknown
"Life is too short for self-hatred and celery sticks."
– Marilyn Wann
“Your body is not a temple, it’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.”
― Anthony Bourdain
"Never trust a skinny cook."
– Iain Hewitson
"I am not a glutton – I am an explorer of food."
– Erma Bombeck
“Some people can eat anything they want and stay slim. I put on weight just by reading the recipe.”
― Unknown
“Don’t believe everything fortune cookies tell you. Just because they’re sweet doesn’t mean they’re right.”
― Unknown
"You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jelly beans."
— Ronald Reagan
“I didn’t get this physique by not eating tacos.”
― Jon Tester
“I eat cake every day because somewhere out there it’s someone’s birthday and I like to celebrate.”
― Unknown
"The trouble with eating Italian food is that five or six days later, you're hungry again."
— George Miller
"The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not."
— Mark Twain
"Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first."
– Ernestine Ulmer
"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
“Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the Titanic who waved off the dessert cart.”
― Erma Bombeck
"I'm not sure how the average American would differentiate National Dessert Day from any other day."
– Andy Borowitz
“When you are stressed you eat ice cream, cake, chocolate and sweets because stressed spelled backward is desserts.”
― Unknown
“Red meat is not bad for you. Now, blue-green meat—that’s bad for you!”
— Tom Smothers
“How do I like my eggs? In a cake.”
― Unknown
"If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world."
– J.R.R. Tolkien
“Where there is cake, there is hope. And there is always cake.”
― Dean Koontz
"I don't eat lobsters, shrimp, or crawfish because I don't eat anything that looks like I should step on it."
— George Carlin
“Who knew that the hardest part of being an adult is figuring out what to cook for dinner every single night for the rest of your life.”
― Unknown
"Never eat more than you can lift."
— Miss Piggy
“I thought about losing weight once, but I don’t like losing.”
― Unknown
“Pizza is like the entire food pyramid!”
― Madeline Oles
“Love and sausage are alike. Can never have enough of either.”
— Trixie Koontz
“Every day is National Donut Day if you put your mind to it.”
― Unknown
"Fish is the only food that is considered spoiled once it smells like what it is."
— P. J. O'Rourke
"When we put vegetables up for the winter, we use jars, but we call it canning. I find that jarring. And uncanny."
– Greg Tamblyn
"The trouble with eating Italian food is that, five or six days later, you're hungry again."
– George Miller
"A fruit is a vegetable with looks and money. Plus, if you let fruit rot, it turns into wine, something Brussels sprouts never do."
– P. J. O’Rourke
“Stomach: I will now demonstrate a blue whale’s mating call.”
― Unknown
“Little known fact, gentlemen. Tacos are the food of genius.”
― Heather Brewer
"A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand."
— Barbara Johnson
"A slice of pie without cheese is like a kiss without a squeeze."
— Stephen King
"All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt."
— Charles M. Shulz
“I believe it’s a cook’s moral obligation to add more butter given the chance.”
― Michael Ruhlman
“Being a couch potato is dangerous, someone may get hungry and eat you!”
― Unknown
"The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook."
— Julia Child
"Watermelon - it's a good fruit. You eat, you drink, you wash your face."
— Enrico Caruso
"I always cook with wine. Sometimes I even add it to the food."
— W.C. Fields
"There's no better feeling in the world than a warm pizza box on your lap."
— Kevin James
"I don't share blame. I don't share credit. And I don't share desserts"
– Beverly Sills
"As a child, my family's menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it."
— Buddy Hackett
"If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee."
– Abraham Lincoln
“Diet day #1: All the unhealthy food has been removed from the house. It was delicious.”
― Unknown
“Another day, another 13,000 calories.”
— Andy Lassner
"After a good dinner, one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations."
— Oscar Wilde