“There shall be in England seven halfpenny loaves sold for a penny.”
William Shakespeare
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Food Quotes
201 FAMOUS QUOTES · FOOD
Food Quotes
Read the best food quotes from Brillat-Savarin, Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Virginia Woolf, the Bible and more, with delicious words about eating, cooking and sharing meals.
“I am no Quaker at my food.”
Charles Lamb
FoodiesFunny
“Pig - let me speak his praise - is no less provocative of the appetite, than he is satisfactory to the criticalness of the censorious palate.”
Charles Lamb
Roast PorkFoodies
“'O Oysters, come and walk with us!' The Walrus did beseech.”
Lewis Carroll
SeafoodFunny
“There's cold chicken inside it, coldtonguecoldhamcoldbeefpickledgherkinssaladfrenchrollscresssandwichespottedmeatgingerbeerlemonadesodawater.”
Kenneth Grahame
PicnicsFunny
“It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is 'soporific.'”
Beatrix Potter
VegetablesFunny
“It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like 'What about lunch?'”
A. A. Milne
LunchFunny
“Hot cross buns! Hot cross buns! One a penny, two a penny, hot cross buns!”
Mother Goose
BakingNursery Rhymes
“Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie. When the pie was opened, the birds began to sing.”
Mother Goose
PiesNursery Rhymes
“Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard, to give her poor dog a bone; but when she came there, the cupboard was bare.”
Mother Goose
Empty FridgeNursery Rhymes
“Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.”
Aesop
GreedFables
“And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.”
The Bible (Exodus 16:31)
Bread From HeavenHoney
“Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness.”
The Bible (Judges 14:14)
HoneyRiddles
“Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
The Bible (Proverbs 9:17)
TemptationSnacking
“Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.”
The Bible (Genesis 25:34)
LentilsTemptation
“And he took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake.”
The Bible (Matthew 14:19)
Sharing MealsBlessing
“And they did all eat, and were filled.”
The Bible (Mark 6:42)
AbundanceSharing Meals
“Unto a land flowing with milk and honey.”
The Bible (Exodus 3:8)
AbundanceHoney
“A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it.”
The Bible (Deuteronomy 8:9)
AbundanceBread
“And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.”
The Bible (Psalm 104:15)
BreadGratitude
“And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail.”
The Bible (1 Kings 17:16)
ProvisionFaith
“With all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt.”
The Bible (Leviticus 2:13)
SaltCooking
“At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar.”
The Bible (Ruth 2:14)
HospitalityKindness
“But Martha was cumbered about much serving.”
The Bible (Luke 10:40)
HostingBusy Cooks
“And cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff.”
The Bible (Numbers 13:23)
FruitAbundance