“Most small business owners are not particularly sophisticated business people. That's not a criticism they're passionate about cutting hair or cooking food, and that's why they got in the business, not because they have an MBA.”

“Food is your body's fuel. Without fuel, your body wants to shut down.”

“If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home.”

“I always think I am one of the millions and millions of people that struggles with an addiction to food. I don't know how to relax, that's my problem.”

“When I was 19, I made my first good week's pay as a club musician. It was enough money for me to quit my job at the factory and still pay the rent and buy some food. I freaked.”

“I have an impressionable palate. A well-worded menu or beautifully presented dish excites me. I get a great deal of pleasure just thinking about food.”

“In Kenya women are the first victims of environmental degradation, because they are the ones who walk for hours looking for water, who fetch firewood, who provide food for their families.”

“I love making Italian food. And coconut chicken.”

“You know most of the food that Americans hold so dear - things like hamburgers and hot dogs - were road food, but even before they were road food, they were peasant food.”

“When I was growing up in Mississippi - it was good Southern food... but I also grew up with a Greek family when other kids were eating fried okra, we were eating steamed artichokes. So I think it played a big part in my healthy cooking.”

“While it is true that we must seek value added industries like food processing plants and call center operations, we must do what is necessary to expand and develop our economic profile.”

“Italian food is all about ingredients and it's not fussy and it's not fancy.”

“Your words are my food, your breath my wine. You are everything to me.”

“Somewhere between 50 to 60 percent of the food you eat has been touched by immigrant hands, and it is fair to say some of them are not here as they should be here. But if you didn't have these folks, you would be spending a lot more - three, four or five times more - for food, or we would have to import food and have all the food security risks.”

“It is the food which you furnish to your mind that determines the whole character of your life.”

“Vegetarians are cool. All I eat are vegetarians - except for the occasional mountain lion steak.”

“My girlfriend Siri is a food blogger, and we both love to entertain and eat. This is what happens when you're in your thirties: what was once a passion and real appetite for nightlife in New York City manifests itself into other things, like entertaining at home.”

“Long as I was riding in a big Cadillac and dressed nice and had plenty of food, that's all I cared about.”

“The worst food you'll ever eat will probably be prepared by a 'cook' who calls himself a 'chef.' Mark my words.”

“If I've got food and water, as long as I can exercise my mind and keep it nimble, then I'll be okay.”

“My last meal? The food would be much less significant than the company.”