Thursday Thirteen 187: Food Quotes

I had a lot of ideas for this week, but some didn't fit the season, and I've been too busy this week for other ideas, so...I dug around and came up with thirteen quotes about food. Bon appetit!


* Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie. (Jim Davis)

* Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon. (Doug Larson)

* Cheese—milk's leap toward immortality. (Clifton Fadiman)

* Strawberries are the angels of the earth, innocent and sweet with green leafy wings reaching heavenward. (Terri Guillemets)

* We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink. (Epicurus)

* Good bread is the most fundamentally satisfying of all foods; good bread with fresh butter, the greatest of feasts! (James Beard)

* Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside. (Mark Twain)

* The story of barbecue is the story of America: Settlers arrive on great unspoiled continent, discover wondrous riches, set them on fire and eat them. (Vince Staten)

* In general, mankind, since the improvement in cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires. (Benjamin Franklin)

* Large, naked raw carrots are acceptable as food only to those who lie in hutches eagerly awaiting Easter. (Fran Lebowitz)

* A converted cannibal is one who, on Friday, eats only fishermen. (Emily Lotney)

* Avoid fruit and nuts. You are what you eat. (Jim Davis)

* Great food is like great sex. The more you have the more you want. (Gael Greene)

BONUS:
* If life gives you limes, make margaritas. (Jimmy Buffett)


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