The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
—Miguel de Cervantes, 1615Quotes
One of the important requirements for learning how to cook is that you also learn how to eat.
—Julia Child, 2001Why is not a rat as good as a rabbit? Why should men eat shrimps and neglect cockroaches?
—Henry Ward Beecher, 1862It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard for their own interest.
—Adam Smith, 1776We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink, for dining alone is leading the life of a lion or wolf.
—Epicurus, c. 300 BCA woman should never be seen eating or drinking unless it be lobster salad and champagne, the only truly feminine and becoming viands.
—Lord Byron, 1812Most vegetarians I ever saw looked enough like their food to be classed as cannibals.
—Finley Peter Dunne, 1900The decline of the aperitif may well be one of the most depressing phenomena of our time.
—Luis Buñuel, 1983I cannot but bless the memory of Julius Caesar, for the great esteem he expressed for fat men and his aversion to lean ones.
—David Hume, 1751To eat is to appropriate by destruction.
—Jean-Paul Sartre, 1943Whatsoever was the father of a disease, an ill diet was the mother.
—George Herbert, 1651Thought depends absolutely on the stomach, but in spite of that, those who have the best stomachs are not the best thinkers.
—Voltaire, 1770Thank God for tea! What would the world do without tea? How did it exist? I am glad I was not born before tea.
—Sydney Smith, 1855