Subject: Food/Drink (Page 27)

Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.

(1874 – 1936) English author & mystery novelist

If you drink like a fish, don't drive… swim.

(1902 – 1971) American comedian & singer

Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar and fat. 

I had one anchovy, that's why I didn't have two anchovies.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

One of the greatest unsolved riddles of restaurant eating is that the customer usually gets faster service when the restaurant is crowded than when it is half empty; it seems that the less the staff has to do, the slower they do it.

In Seattle you haven’t had enough coffee until you can thread a sewing machine while it’s running.

(1964 – ) American founder, president, CEO & chairman of Amazon

I’m a light eater. As soon as it's light, I start to eat.

(1925 – ) American professional football player

Secretary: Someday you’ll drown in a vat of whiskey.

Field’s reply as an aside: Drown in a vat of whiskey? Oh death, where is thy sting?

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

My mom bought cookies… and they were never the good cookies; it was always the pack of 1000 that said: 'Cookies.'

comedian

Three things are bad for you: I can't remember the first two, but doughnuts are the third.

football coach

His [Ben Affleck's] ideal woman is a stripper with a Budweiser in each hand.

(1972 – ) American actress

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

My father drank beer in the morning; later in the day he drank anything.

(1921 – 2007) Scottish-born actress

I think Pringle’s intention was to make tennis balls, but the day the rubber was supposed to show up, they got a big load of potatoes instead; but Pringles was a laid-back company and they said, "f**k it, cut 'em up."

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

Louisiana has the best food on the planet if you don't really ask too much about what you're eating.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

To eat is human, to digest, divine.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

You can travel fifty thousand miles in America without once tasting a piece of good bread.

(1891 – 1980) novelist & painter

I went to a Chinese restaurant and there was a suggestion box, so I wrote ‘Free Tibet.’

(1966 – 2011) American stand-up comedian

I always keep a supply of stimulant handy in case I see a snake – which I also keep handy.

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

Farkerhouse rolls.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

Here's how you know that you're really drunk: when you get into a taxi cab and you think the fare is the time.

(1972 – ) stand-up comedian & actor