Subject: Food/Drink (Page 12)

“I liquidated my assets” is a better way of saying I spent my paycheck on booze.

American comedian

More people are driven insane through religious hysteria than by drinking alcohol.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

Calorie: Basic measure of the amount of rationalization offered by the average individual prior to taking a second helping of a particular food.

Hot Potato is a very different game when the people playing are starving.

(1973 – ) American comedian

The trouble with jogging is that the ice falls out of your glass.

(1943 – ) comedian & actor

I was well warned about English food, so it did not surprise me, but I do wonder sometimes, how they ever manage to prise [lever] it up long enough to get a plate under it.

(1910 – 1997) American writer

Diet: selection of foods for people who are thick and tired of it.

In order to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.

(1934 – 1996) American astronomer, astrophysicist & author

Rose: I just can’t eat a greasy cheeseburger in the middle of the day anymore. Doesn’t it bloat you?

Doris: Bloat me? No, it doesn’t bloat me! Actually I thought it went real well with the spare ribs I had for breakfast.


I envy people who drink… at least they have something to blame everything on.

(1906 – 1972) pianist, composer, author, comedian & actor

In all recorded history there has not been one economist who has had to worry about where the next meal would come from.

(1909 – 2005) management writer

The reason it’s called “Grape Nuts” is that it … is catchier, in terms of marketing, than “A Cross Between Gerbil Food and Gravel,” which is what it tastes like.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

Coach: What can I do for you, Norm?

Norm: I am going to need something to kill time before my second beer. How about a first one?

George Wendt (1948 – ) American actor

Inside me lives a skinny woman crying to get out; but I can usually shut her up with cookies.

singer & musician

A drunkard is like a whiskey-bottle, all neck and belly and no head.

Not one man in a beer commercial has a beer belly.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

I’m not very domestic… for years my children though mold was a frosting.

(1951 – ) American author, playwright & lyricist

Tavern: Thirst come, thirst served.

Some drink at the fountain of knowledge; others just gargle.

The murals in restaurants are on par with the food in museums.

(1910 – 1993) editor & novelist

I didn’t think prohibition would last that long.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer