Quotes about Food

“I never tried to pigeonhole myself. I've been willing to take risks and try doing things like reality TV with 'The Bachelor' or Food Network or 'Good Morning America.'”

“Clean water and access to food are some of the simplest things that we can take for granted each and every day. In places like Africa, these can be some of the hardest resources to attain if you live in a rural area.”

“I was a really picky eater as a child. Because I was obsessed by Popeye, my mum and aunts would put my food in a can to represent spinach and we'd hum the Popeye tune and then I'd happily eat it.”

“Food should be fun.”

“Most vegetarians look so much like the food they eat that they can be classified as cannibals.”

“The philosophic spirit of inquiry may be traced to brute curiosity, and that to the habit of examining all things in search of food.”

“I haven't eaten at a McDonald's since I became President.”

“Food is culture. Food is an identity, a footprint of who you are.”

“I don't have sophisticated tastes. I have average tastes. If you looked in my collection of DVDs, you'd see 'Jaws' and 'Star Wars.' In the book library, you'd see John Grisham and Sidney Sheldon. And if you look in my fridge, it's, like, children's food - chips, milkshakes, yogurt.”

“Food is your body's fuel. Without fuel, your body wants to shut down.”

“Society is fast - fast food, fast cars, fast everything.”

“If I can, I love staying in pajamas all day and watching movies and eating good food.”

“I like going out to have street food without being disturbed. I like taking walks, but it's been so long since I've been able to do that. I miss feeling what I want to feel and walking around freely in crowded places.”

“I remember making my own dog food and feeling very fulfilled by it, then by day four I was over it.”

“When it comes to Chinese food I have always operated under the policy that the less known about the preparation the better. A wise diner who is invited to visit the kitchen replies by saying, as politely as possible, that he has a pressing engagement elsewhere.”

“He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.”

“I have great Indian genes! You know, I'm lazy. I want to take advantage of the fact that I have a great metabolism. When I start getting fat, I'll work on it! I like food, and I don't like the gym, and as long as I look like this without doing anything, why bother?”

“Ice cream is the perfect buffer, because you can do things in a somewhat lighthearted way. Plus, people have an emotional response to ice cream; it's more than just food. So I think when you combine caring, and eating wonderful food, it's a very powerful combination.”

“I don't like popcorn, and I think it's so annoying when people have popcorn in the theaters. That is the loudest food.”

“It's very clear that there's a lot of double standards going on. Should there be a 30mph speed limit? Of course there bloody should. And certainly with kids and school food, kids need to be nannied for sure. So give them a bloody good meal at school.”

“There's nothing more romantic than Italian food.”