I have a great diet. You re allowed to eat anything you want, but you must eat it with naked fat people. -- Ed Bluestone
I do not like broccoli4. And I haven t liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I m President of the United States and I m not going to eat any more broccoli. -- George Bush, U.S. president, 1990
Since Eve ate the apple, much depends on dinner. -- Lord Byron
Food, one assumes, provides nourishment5; but Americans eat it fully6 aware that small amounts of poison have been added to improve its appearance and delay its putrefaction7. -- John Cage
I don t even butter my bread; I consider that cooking. -- Katherine Cebrian
C is for cookie, it s good enough for me; oh cookie cookie cookie starts with C. -- Cookie Monster, character on "Sesame Street," U.S. children s television program
I m at the age where food has taken the place of sex in my life. In fact, I ve just had a mirror put over my kitchen table. -- Rodney Dangerfield
The second day of a diet is always easier than the first. By the second day you re off it. -- Jackie Gleason
My mother s menu consisted of two choices: Take it or leave it. -- Buddy8 Hackett
He who does not mind his belly9 will hardly will hardly mind anything else. -- Samuel Johnson
Researchers have discovered that chocolate produces some of the same reactions in the brain as marijuana...The researchers also discovered other similarities between the two, but can t remember what they are. -- Matt Lauer, on NBC s "Today" show, August 22, 1996
I went into a McDonald s yesterday and said, "I d like some fries." The girl at the counter said, "Would you like some fries with that?" -- Jay Leno
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. -- Groucho Marx
Never eat more than you can lift. -- Miss Piggy, character on "The Muppet Show," U.S. television show
The west wasn t won on salad. -- ND Beef Council, billboard10 advertisement, 1990
I couldn t remember when I had been so disappointed. Except perhaps the time I found out that M&Ms really do melt in your hand... -- Peter Oakley
No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut. -- Channing Pollack
Most turkeys taste better the day after; my mother s tasted better the day before. -- Rita Rudner
A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses11 happiness. -- Elsa Schiapirelli
There is no sincerer love than the love of food. -- George Bernard Shaw
Health food makes me sick. -- Calvin Trillin
The most remarkable12 thing about my mother is that for 30 years she served nothing but leftovers13. The original meal has never been found. -- Calvin Trillin
One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well. -- Virginia Woolf
