Food Quotes

The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday – but never jam today.

The hippopotamus is a vegetarian and looks like a wall. Lions who eat only red meat are sleek and slim. Are nutritionists on the wrong track?

Dogs will eat till they die. Cats will leave food in the dish, incomprehensible to a dog.

The difference between mercy and grace? Mercy gave the prodigal son a second chance. Grace gave him a feast.

I would treat her like an egg, the shell of which we remove before eating it; I would take off her mask and then kiss her pretty face.

It is ludicrous to read the microwave direction on the boxes of food you buy, as each one will have a disclaimer: THIS WILL VARY WITH YOUR MICROWAVE. Loosely translated, this means, You’re on your own, Bernice.

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.

I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas.

I was born into it and there was nothing I could do about it. It was there, like air or food, or any other element. The only question with wealth is what you do with it.

Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the ‘Titanic’ who waved off the dessert cart.