Enjoy these food sayings and quotes both for fun and reflection!

1. Funny Food
Quotes &
Sayings

2. Alice Henneman, MS, RDN
University of Nebraska–
Lincoln Extension
ahenneman1@unl.edu

3. “Let food be
thy medicine
and
medicine be
thy food.”
– Hippocrates

4. “A party without
cake is just a
meeting.”
– Julia Child

5. “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

6. “It’s so beautifully
arranged on the plate
–– you know
someone’s fingers
have been all
over it!”
– Julia Child

7. “Once you get a spice
in your home, you
have it forever. Women
never throw out
spices. The Egyptians
were buried with their
spices. I know which
one I'm taking with me
when I go.”
– Erma Bombeck

8. “I've been on a diet
for two weeks and
all I've lost is two
weeks.”
– Totie Fields

9. “All you need is love.
But a little chocolate
now and then
doesn't hurt.”
– Charles M. Schulz

10. “Part of the secret
of success in life is
to eat what you like
and let the food
fight it out inside.”
– Mark Twain

11. “The odds of going
to the store for a
loaf of bread and
coming out with
only a loaf of bread
are three billion to
one.”
– Erma Bombeck

12. “I never worry
about diets. The
only carrots that
interest me are the
number you get in
a diamond.”
– Mae West

13. “Always start out
with a larger pot
than what you think
you need.”
– Julia Child

14. “Leftovers make you
feel good twice. First,
when you put it
away, you feel thrifty
and intelligent: ‘I’m
saving food!’ Then a
month later when blue
hair is growing out of
the ham, and you
throw it away, you feel
really intelligent: ‘I’m
saving my life!’”
– George Carlin

15. “No matter what
anyone says, my
cooking is
excellent, even the
smoke alarm
seems to be
cheering me on!”
– Source Unknown

16. “I read recipes the
same way I read
science fiction. I get to
the end and say to
myself “Well, that's not
going to happen!”
– Rita Rudner

17. “My mom made two
dishes: Take it or
leave it.”
– Stephen Wright

18. “Life expectancy
would grow by
leaps and bounds
if green vegetables
smelled as good
as bacon.”
– Doug Larson

19. “I tried every diet
in the book. I tried
some that weren't
in the book. I tried
eating the book. It
tasted better than
most of the diets.”
– Dolly Parton

20. “Calories: Tiny
creatures that live in
your closet and sew
your clothes a little
bit tighter every
night.”
– Author unknown

21. “It would be far
easier to lose
weight permanently
if replacement parts
weren't so handy in
the refrigerator.”
– Hugh Allen

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Department of Agriculture.
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University of Nebraska–Lincoln and the United States
Department of Agriculture.