"Never order barbecue in a place that also serves quiche."
— Lewis Grizzard
“I didn’t get this physique by not eating tacos.”
― Jon Tester
“A party without a cake is really just a meeting.”
― Julia Child
"I don't share blame. I don't share credit. And I don't share desserts"
– Beverly Sills
"As a child, my family's menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it."
— Buddy Hackett
“Who knew that the hardest part of being an adult is figuring out what to cook for dinner every single night for the rest of your life.”
― Unknown
“The only clubs I’m interested in are sandwiches.”
― Unknown
"Fish is the only food that is considered spoiled once it smells like what it is."
— P. J. O'Rourke
“I believe it’s a cook’s moral obligation to add more butter given the chance.”
― Michael Ruhlman
"Anything is good if it's made of chocolate."
— Jo Brand
“I have a passion for not cooking.”
― Unknown
“My wife dresses to kill. She cooks the same way.”
― Henny Youngman
“I won’t be impressed with technology until I can download food.”
― Unknown
"I've been on a diet for two weeks and all I've lost is two weeks."
— Totie Fields
"Without ice cream, there would be darkness and chaos."
– Don Kardong
"Fettucini alfredo is macaroni and cheese for adults."
– Mitch Hedberg
“When life hands you lemons, give them back. You deserve chocolate.”
― Unknown
"The trouble with eating Italian food is that, five or six days later, you're hungry again."
– George Miller
"Wait. Why am I thinking about Krispy Kremes? We're supposed to be exercising."
— Meg Cabot
“When you are stressed you eat ice cream, cake, chocolate and sweets because stressed spelled backward is desserts.”
― Unknown
“I want to tell you about the "sausage principle." The theory says, "If you love something, never try to find out how it is done."”
― Unknown
"I'm not sure what makes pepperoni so good if it's the pepper or the oni."
— Ulrik Stephens
"Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon."
— Doug Larson
"I lost some weight once, but I found it again in the fridge."
— Unknown
“A cookie a day keeps the sadness away. An entire jar of cookies a day brings it back.”
― Unknown
"Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one of the pieces."
— Judith Viorst
"A fruit is a vegetable with looks and money. Plus, if you let fruit rot, it turns into wine, something Brussels sprouts never do."
– P. J. O’Rourke
“Pizza is like the entire food pyramid!”
― Madeline Oles
“You can’t make everyone happy. You’re not pizza.”
― Unknown
“I eat cake every day because somewhere out there it’s someone’s birthday and I like to celebrate.”
― Unknown
"After a good dinner, one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations."
— Oscar Wilde
"The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook."
— Julia Child
“The key to my heart looks a whole lot like a plate of pasta.”
― Unknown
"When the waitress asked if I wanted my pizza cut into four or eight slices, I said, 'Four. I don't think I can eat eight."
— Yogi Berra
"Life is too short for self-hatred and celery sticks."
– Marilyn Wann
“All my life I thought air was free until I bought a bag of chips.”
― Unknown
"Americans will eat garbage provided you sprinkle it liberally with ketchup."
— Henry James
"Popcorn for breakfast! Why not? It’s a grain. It’s like, like, grits, but with high self-esteem."
– James Patterson
"A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand."
— Barbara Johnson
"At a formal dinner party, the person nearest death should always be seated closest to the bathroom."
— George Carlin
“There’s no “we” in ice cream.”
― Unknown
“I always carry a knife in my purse, just in case we’re having cake.”
― Unknown
"I always cook with wine. Sometimes I even add it to the food."
— W.C. Fields
"Carbs are the answer. No matter the question."
— Unknown
"I'm not sure how the average American would differentiate National Dessert Day from any other day."
– Andy Borowitz
"If we shake out all of the crumbs from all of the keyboards in the world, we can end world hunger."
— Matthew Dolkart
"Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken."
— Jonathan Swift
"I'll have a double cappuccino, half-caf, non-fat milk, with enough foam to be aesthetically pleasing, but not so much that it would leave a mustache."
— Niles Crane
"We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie."
– David Mamet
"The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found."
— Calvin Trillin