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50 Food Sayings That Will Make You Laugh and Think

50 Food Sayings That Will Make You Laugh and Think

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"Learn how to cook!"

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"A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness."

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"Heaven sends us good meat, but the devil sends us cooks."

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"Tis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers."

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"Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them."

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"One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well."

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"After a good dinner, one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations."

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"No one was irritable; we have never known anyone to remain unhappy while digesting a good meal."

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"Since Eve ate apples, much depends on dinner."

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"Though their life was modest, they believed in eating well."

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"At the table, no one gets old."

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"There is no lover sincerer than the love of food."

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"A man hath no better thing under the sun than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry."

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"Laughter is brightest where food is best."

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"Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you who you are."

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"You are what you eat eats."

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"You are what you think you eat."

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"Gar-licks, though used by the French, are better adapted to medicine than cookery."

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"Garlic is divine."

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"Lettuce is divine, although I'm not sure it's really food."

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" cucumber should be well-sliced, and dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out, as good for nothing."

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"Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education."

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"The first zucchini I ever saw, I killed it with a hoe."

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"My advice to any budding restaurateur is, 'Give them carbohydrates and pecan pie. Don't try to be smart.'"

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"He was a bold Man, that first ate an Oyster."

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"Shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle."

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"Fish and guests in three days are stale."

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"If God did not intend for us to eat animals, then why did he make them out of meat?"

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"You know people, they don't want to see the cow killed, they just want their steak on a plate."

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"If you eat too much bleeding beef, you become eventually ashamed of yourself."

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"Grilling is like sunbathing. Everyone knows it is bad for you but no one ever stops doing it."

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"More die in the United States of too much food than of too little."

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"Never eat more than you can lift."

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"Flour never killed anybody. Sugar does not hurt. A chef is not a doctor."

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"Health food may be good for the conscience but Oreos taste a hell of a lot better."

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"The most dangerous food is wedding cake."

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"Learn how to cook!"
"A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness."
"Heaven sends us good meat, but the devil sends us cooks."
"Tis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers."
"Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them."
"One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well."
"After a good dinner, one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations."
"No one was irritable; we have never known anyone to remain unhappy while digesting a good meal."
"Since Eve ate apples, much depends on dinner."
"Though their life was modest, they believed in eating well."
"At the table, no one gets old."
"There is no lover sincerer than the love of food."
"A man hath no better thing under the sun than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry."
"Laughter is brightest where food is best."
"Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you who you are."
"You are what you eat eats."
"You are what you think you eat."
"Gar-licks, though used by the French, are better adapted to medicine than cookery."
"Garlic is divine."
"Lettuce is divine, although I'm not sure it's really food."
" cucumber should be well-sliced, and dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out, as good for nothing."
"Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education."
"The first zucchini I ever saw, I killed it with a hoe."
"My advice to any budding restaurateur is, 'Give them carbohydrates and pecan pie. Don't try to be smart.'"
"He was a bold Man, that first ate an Oyster."
"Shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle."
"Fish and guests in three days are stale."
"If God did not intend for us to eat animals, then why did he make them out of meat?"
"You know people, they don't want to see the cow killed, they just want their steak on a plate."
"If you eat too much bleeding beef, you become eventually ashamed of yourself."
"Grilling is like sunbathing. Everyone knows it is bad for you but no one ever stops doing it."
"More die in the United States of too much food than of too little."
"Never eat more than you can lift."
"Flour never killed anybody. Sugar does not hurt. A chef is not a doctor."
"Health food may be good for the conscience but Oreos taste a hell of a lot better."
"The most dangerous food is wedding cake."

As temperatures soar across the U.S., ice creams and salads are in great demand. Food is often used to express how we are feeling, to celebrate or to comfort. The way that we talk about food also reflects our attitudes toward it. Whether you live to eat or just eat to live, we cannot survive without it.

Sayings about food can be celebratory, critical, or humorous. Stand-up comedians make food-related jokes, and even Shakespeare penned lines about it. If this has made you hungry, check out the best pizza places in every state.

Countless thousands of salient words have been written about cooking, eating, and dieting over the years. In order to assemble our own list of 50 great quotes about food, 24/7 consulted sources that include FoodReference.com, Goodreads, the Oxford English Dictionary, and Special Dictionary, as well as our editorial files.

Among these quotes, you'll find a variety of observations, pronouncements, and wisecracks, dating back to Ancient Rome and Biblical times and extending up to Lily Tomlin and Monty Python's John Cleese. Most of them come from books, but there are a few from movies, one from a song, and several proverbs.

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