Subject: Food/Drink (Page 30)

Eating will now be an entirely new ball game. I might have to buy a new pair of trousers.

English jockey

I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no occasion.

(1547 – 1616) Spanish novelist, poet & playwright

I’m so holy that when I touch wine, it turns into water.

(1877 – 1957) 48th Imam of the Nizari Ismaili community & [founder &] president of the All-India Muslim League

Vegetable: A substance used to ballast a child’s plate while it’s carried to and from the table.

Anyone who eats three meals a day should understand why cookbooks outsell sex books three to one.

(1927 – 2007) American newspaper columnist

When cheese gets it's picture taken, what does it say?

(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author

Char: Common method of cooking over a campfire.

Bring us a pitcher of beer every seven minutes until somebody passes out. And then bring one every ten minutes.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

You can’t be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline; it helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer.

(1940 – 1993) composer, guitarist, record producer & film director

I don’t like meals for one; it’s not that they make me feel lonely… it’s that they’re not big enough.

(1975 – ) English comedian

What’ll it be, Normie?

Just the usual, Coach… I’ll have a froth of beer and a snorkel.

George Wendt (1948 – ) American actor

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

(1915 – 1985) stage & film actor & director

I never drink anything stronger than gin before breakfast.

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

You can tell German wine from vinegar by the label.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

I don't like food that's too carefully arranged; it makes me think that the chef is spending too much time arranging and not enough time cooking.

(1919 – 2011) American news commentator & writer

The English contribution to world cuisine – the chip.

(1939 – ) English actor, comedian, writer & producer

What my mother believed about cooking is that if you worked hard and prospered, someone else would do it for you.

(1941 – 2012) American novelist, producer, screenwriter & director

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

Angels carry drunkards on their arms.

I came from a real tough neighborhood; in the local restaurant I sat down and had broken leg of lamb.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

Diet: A brief period of starvation followed by a gain of five pounds.