Subject: Food/Drink (Page 27)

A woman always has half an onion left over, no matter what the size of the onion, the dish or the woman.

(1948 – ) English novelist

Time is never wasted when you're wasted all the time.

freelance writer

The thing restaurants always boast about now is home made cooking… I don’t want home made cooking, that’s why I’m here, because I don’t like the s**t at home!

(1964 – ) English comedian, writer, actor & musician

I was well warned about English food, so it did not surprise me, but I do wonder sometimes, how they ever manage to prise [lever] it up long enough to get a plate under it.

(1910 – 1997) American writer

In Tulsa, restaurants have signs that say, 'Sorry, we're open.’

(1952 – ) comedian, actress & writer

When life hands you lemons, make whisky sours.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

The problem with some people is that when they aren’t drunk, they’re sober.

(1865 – 1939) Irish poet & politician

You know they call corn-on-the-cob – corn-on-the-cob… but that's how it comes out of the ground. They should just call it corn, and every other type of corn, – corn-off-the-cob.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

Candy, is dandy, but liquor, is quicker.

(1902 – 1971) American humorist & poet

Just because you can’t dance doesn’t mean you shouldn’t dance.


There is only one fruitcake in the entire world, and people keep sending it to each other.

(1925 – 2005) television host

In a family recipe that you discovered in an old book, the most vital measurement will be illegible.

An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.

(1899 – 1961) author & journalist

Everything tastes more or less like chicken.

I didn't climb to the top of the f**kin' food chain to eat carrots.

(1956 – ) American stand-up comedian

Sprouts: Innocent green plants snatched in their infancy and devoured alive by ravenous vegetarians.

You can't fall off the floor.

I just think my least favorite part of the vegan diet is the verbal part where they explain it to you… it’s just endless.

(1978 – ) American stand-up comedian, actress & writer

I went to a restaurant with my friend, and he said, “Pass the salt;” I said, “Screw you! Sit closer to the salt.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

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

We were so poor we had to eat dough for breakfast and sit out in the sun for lunch!