Food Quotes
“I moved to New York last year and I love it. It's a huge change and I've always wanted to spend time there. It's like a more intense London, and everything's up a few notches. The lights are brighter, the pace is faster and the food's better.”
-- Rachel Weisz
“Australia is so cool that it's hard to even know where to start describing it. The beaches are beautiful so is the weather. Not too crowded. Great food, great music, really nice people. It must be a lot like Los Angeles was many years ago.”
-- Mary-Kate Olsen
“What I've enjoyed most, though, is meeting people who have a real interest in food and sharing ideas with them. Good food is a global thing and I find that there is always something new and amazing to learn - I love it!”
-- Jamie Oliver
“The best thing you can do for someone is make them a beautiful plate of food. How else can you invade someone's body without actually touching them?”
-- Padma Lakshmi
“Especially for me, growing up in such a small town in the middle of nowhere, the desire to be away was incredible. I wanted to see new lands, meet new people from the city, and meet people that were in much less fortunate situations than I was, so that I could be more appreciative of my present. At least I had food on the table.”
-- Garrett Hedlund
“Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage.”
-- Woody Allen
“All artists are people of growth. It's like food, you take the good and leave the rest.”
-- Andrew Jack
“America is becoming more and more dependent upon imports from foreign manufacturers than we are exports from our country in all fields: in appliances, in clothing, even food. This year America may become for the first time in its history a net food importer.”
-- Marcy Kaptur
“Bologna is the best city in Italy for food and has the least number of tourists. With its medieval beauty, it has it all.”
-- Mario Batali
“I travel around and hear from so many kids. Their parents say they were always very picky but they watch the show and they want to try stuff. The show is entertainment, but I think it has done so much for the public perception of what food can be.”
-- Tom Colicchio
“Money spent on carbon cuts is money we can't use for effective investments in food aid, micronutrients, HIV/AIDS prevention, health and education infrastructure, and clean water and sanitation.”
-- Bjorn Lomborg
“I am a filmmaker. That is all I've ever been. You know, Martin Scorsese makes films about the mob. And I make movies about food.”
-- Alton Brown