Why is not a rat as good as a rabbit? Why should men eat shrimps and neglect cockroaches?
—Henry Ward Beecher, 1862Quotes
It 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 BCOne of the important requirements for learning how to cook is that you also learn how to eat.
—Julia Child, 2001Whatsoever 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, 1770The decline of the aperitif may well be one of the most depressing phenomena of our time.
—Luis Buñuel, 1983The belly is the reason why man does not mistake himself for a god.
—Friedrich Nietzsche, 1886One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.
—Virginia Woolf, 1929When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.
—St. Jerome, 395A woman should never be seen eating or drinking unless it be lobster salad and champagne, the only truly feminine and becoming viands.
—Lord Byron, 1812For, say they, when cruising in an empty ship, if you can get nothing better out of the world, get a good dinner out of it, at least.
—Herman Melville, 1851I 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, 1751