Subject: Food/Drink (Page 38)

If people were forced to eat what they killed, there would be no more wars.

(1936 – 1989) American social & political activist

On a traffic light yellow means yield, and green means go; on a banana, it’s just the opposite, yellow means go ahead, green means stop, and red means, “Where’d you get that banana?”

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

Ed, I see you're out drinking again. What's the occasion?
Byrne: I was sober.

(1972 – ) Irish stand-up comedian, voice over artist & actor

It was cool, man, but I’m a little depressed they didn’t have a buffet.

300+ pound American football player

Eating will now be an entirely new ball game. I might have to buy a new pair of trousers.

English jockey

Never buy a drink for the road, because the road is already laid out.

(1933 – 1998) comedian & actor

Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors and miss.

(1907 – 1988) science fiction author

The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for 30 years she served nothing but leftovers… the original meal was never found.

(1959 – ) British/American actress, comedian, director, author & screenwriter

Oh, when I was a kid in show business I was so poor I used to go to orgies to eat the grapes.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.

(1874 – 1965) English dramatist & novelist

Vegetable: A substance used to ballast a child’s plate while it’s carried to and from the table.

The second day of a diet is always easier than the first; by the second day you're off it.

(1924 – 2003) American comedian & actor

I’m not very domestic… for years my children though mold was a frosting.

(1951 – ) American author, playwright & lyricist

The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink.

(1950 – ) writer & humorist

The stomach expands to accommodate the amount of junk food available.

Our rabbi is so poor that if he didn’t fast every Monday and Thursday, he’d starve to death.

When women are depressed they either eat or go shopping; men invade another country.

(1952 – ) comedian

The reason it’s called “Grape Nuts” is that it … is catchier, in terms of marketing, than “A Cross Between Gerbil Food and Gravel,” which is what it tastes like.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

As soon as they get married, they all get these big old guts on them; that's not from drinking beer – that's from swallowing pride.

stand-up comedian

I’m no cook; when I want lemon on chicken, I spray it with Pledge.

(1935 – 2014) American comedian, television personality, writer & director

He was a wise man who invented beer.

(427 BC – 347 BC) Greek author & philosopher