Subject: Food/Drink (Page 25)

When my mother had to get dinner for eight she'd just make enough for 16 and only serve half.

(1895 – 1964) comedian (wife & partner of George Burns)

There are two rules for drinking whisky: first, never take whisky without water, and second, never take water without whisky.

(1919 – 1985) Scottish comedian & actor

The cow is of the bovine ilk: One end is moo, the other, milk.

(1902 – 1971) American humorist & poet

Nothing makes steak as efficiently as a cow.

David Gerrold (1944 – ) science fiction author

I’m so holy that when I touch wine, it turns into water.

(1877 – 1957) 48th Imam of the Nizari Ismaili community & [founder &] president of the All-India Muslim League

Never drink anything that’s still on fire.

A biscuit takes up moisture when it goes stale and becomes limp; a cake loses moisture and becomes hard.

My grandmother is over eighty and still doesn't need glasses… drinks right out of the bottle.

(1906 – 1998) English-born American comedian

Zucchini: Vegetable which can be baked, boiled, fried or steamed before kids refuse to eat it.

A drunken man's words are a sober man's thoughts.

If you're a fish, and you want to be a fish stick, you must have very good posture.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

A balanced meal is whatever stays on the spoon en route to a baby’s mouth.

(1958 – ) Australian author

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach him to use the Net and he won't bother you for weeks.

You can't drown yourself in drink… I've tried, you float.

(1882 – 1942) American actor

I always wondered why babies spend so much time sucking their thumbs; then I tasted baby food.

(1927 – ) magician & comedy writer

The number of adjectives and verbs that are added to the description of a menu item is in inverse proportion to the quality of the dish.

If you can eat anything you want to, what’s the fun in eating anything you want to?

(1956 – ) American movie actor

It all starts innocently, mixing chocolate and Rice Krispies, but before you know it you’re adding raisins and marshmallows – it’s a rocky road.


I'm a level 5 vegan, I don't eat anything that casts a shadow.

cartoon character in The Simpsons (Joshua Jackson)

She looked as if she had been poured into her clothes and had forgotten to say "when."

(1881 – 1975) English writer & humorist

Most turkeys taste better the day after; my mother's tasted better the day before.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer