“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.” -Virginia Woolf
“After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relations.” -Oscar Wilde
“There is no love sincerer than the love of food.” -George Bernard Shaw
“The only time to eat diet food is while you’re waiting for the steak to cook.” -Julia Child
“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food” -Hippocrates
“Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.” -Mark Twain
“We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie.” -David Mamet
“The preparation of good food is merely another expression of art, one of the joys of civilized living…” -Dione Lucas
“Eating is an agricultural act.” -Wendell Berry
“Food is an important part of a balanced diet.” -Fran Lebowitz
“Food is a gift and should be treated reverentially — romanced and ritualized and seasoned with memory.” -Chris Bohjalian
“Good food is very often, even most often, simple food.” -Anthony Bourdain
“After a full bely all is poetry.” -Frank McCourt
“Food, like a loving touch or a glimpse of divine power, has that ability to comfort.” -Norrman Kolpas
“Food is symbolic of love when words are inadequate.” -Alan D. Wolfelt