Subject: Food/Drink » Eating (Page 5)

My wife and I tried two or three times in the last forty years to have breakfast together, but it was so disagreeable we had to stop.

(1874 – 1965) British prime minister, politician, statesman & orator

Avoid fruit and nuts; you are what you eat.

(1945 –) American cartoonist (Garfield)

Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

Anything is edible if it is chopped finely enough.

Tommy (Lasorda) will eat anything, as long as you pay for it.

American baseball player, manager & executive

Acting is pretending, and the most difficult part is pretending you’re eating regularly.

Chickens: The only animals you eat before they are born and after they are dead.

Ask not what you can do for your country; ask what’s for lunch.

(1915 – 1985) stage & film actor & director

I eat Swiss cheese from the inside out.


Food consumed standing up always has ten times the calorific intake of food consumed sitting down.

The best number for a dinner party is two – myself and a damn good head waiter.

(1896 – 1972) Turkish-born Armenian business magnate

There is more simplicity in the man who eats caviar on impulse than in the man who eats Grape Nuts on principle.

(1874 – 1936) English author & mystery novelist

When you have bacon and eggs for breakfast, the chicken makes a contribution… the pig makes a commitment.

(1925 – 1990) Canadian hockey player, coach & general manager

My cooking is so bad my kids thought Thanksgiving was to commemorate Pearl Harbor.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

We were so poor we had to eat dough for breakfast and sit out in the sun for lunch!

I want to keep fighting because it is the only thing that keeps me out of the hamburger joints. If I don’t fight, I’ll eat this planet.

(1949 – ) American boxing champion

Overeat: To dine.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast.

(1901 – 1970) American journalist & author

No man is alone eating spaghetti; it requires so much attention.

(1890 – 1957) author & journalist

My little brother had not eaten voluntarily in over three years.

(1971 – ) American actor, director & producer

If you think eggplant is good, you should try any other food; it’s much better.

(1983 – ) Israeli-American comedian, actor, writer & television host