Human beings always have a lot to say about food, whether when it comes to eating it or preparing it; doing without it for some healthy reasons or wasting it for no reason! People have been having conversations about food from time immemorial. Here are 20 popular food quotes that will make you feel wise as when it comes to “belle matters.”
1. When a man’s stomach is full it makes no difference whether he is rich or poor – Euripides
…For real! E no matter at all whether you get money abi you no get. Once you chop belle-full, the world is alright, leave money matter for another day!
2. I don’t like food that’s too carefully arranged; it makes me think that the chef is spending too much time arranging and not enough time cooking. If I wanted a picture I’d buy a painting – Andy Rooney
This one is too funny but really though, delicious food really doesn’t have to be so carefully arranged, no be painting, the taste of the pudding really is in the eating!
3. Health food may be good for the conscience but Oreos taste a hell of a lot better – Robert Redford
We sure can relate and we will always have that urge to reach for some goodies from time to time.
4. Okra is the closest thing to nylon I’ve ever eaten. It’s like they bred cotton with a green bean. Okra, tastes like snot. The more you cook it, the more it turns into string – Robin Williams
This quote is looking for trouble from Nigerians o! Is it our beloved okra that is being referred to like this? Mba! Nigerians sure know how to cook okra right!
5. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world –R.R. Tolkien
Let’s take some time to eat together and be merry and let it not always be about amassing wealth because life is too short!
Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo eating ice cream.
6. Humor keeps us alive. Humor and food. Don’t forget food. You can go a week without laughing –Joss Whedon.
7. One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well –Virginia Woolf
Food indeed is most important. You need to eat well before you can think of anything else.
8. After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relations–Oscar Wilde
Now you know what your weapon or defense is if you are in need of forgiveness.
9. Food, in the end, in our own tradition, is something holy. It’s not about nutrients and calories. It’s about sharing. It’s about honesty. It’s about identity – Louise Fresco
I see someone using this as a defense to eat one mortar of pounded yam and a bucket full of egusi! Not so fast my dear friend, there is another quote to note right below.
10. Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive – George Bernard Shaw
11. Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us – Peter De Vries
But be consoled…
12. Food is your body’s fuel. Without fuel, your body wants to shut down –Ken Hill
And be reminded that…
13. We all eat and it would be a sad waste of opportunity if we eat badly –Anna Thomas
14. A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety –Aesop
Yes indeed, nothing like peace of mind! Food definitely does taste better when you have peace of mind!
15. A hungry man is an angry one – Buchi Emecheta
No need to analyze this one, we all know what hunger is capable of.
A “hangry” baby.
16. Sandwiches are wonderful. You don’t need a spoon or a plate – Paul Lynde
Yes o! Agege bread with akara is great, you don’t need a spoon or plate, just tear the bread and “chop” with akara anytime, anywhere, no need for ceremony.
17. Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon – Doug Larson
Oh we wish but a good reminder that greens are so good for you! So let’s eat more ugu (fluted pumpkin leaves), water leaf, green leaf or spinach, shoko, bitter leaf and a host of others…
18. Most of us have fond memories of food from our childhood. Whether it was our mom’s homemade lasagna or a memorable chocolate birthday cake, food has a way of transporting us back to the past – Homaro Cantu
The Nigerian remix: Most of us have fond memories of food from our childhood. Whether it was our mom’s homemade vegetable soup or a memorable pillow soft, straight out of the oil puff puff, food has a way of transporting us back to the past.
19. If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one – Mother Teresa
20. There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread – Mahatma Gandhi
So give bread today even if it is to just one person.
What other quotes on food do you know? Share in the comments.
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