Food Quotes
“As the earth spins through space, a view from above the North Pole would encompass most of the wealth of the world - most of its food, productive machines, doctors, engineers and teachers. A view from the opposite pole would encompass most of the world's poor.”
“When I'm writing, my neural pathways get blocked. I can't read. I can barely hold a conversation without forgetting words and names. I wish I could wear the same clothes and eat the same food each day.”
-- Kate Atkinson
“Food is not just what we put in our mouths to fill up it is culture and identity. Reason plays some role in our decisions about food, but it's rarely driving the car.”
-- Jonathan Safran Foer
“Everyone makes pesto in a food processor. But the texture is better with a mortar and pestle, and it's just as fast.”
-- Mario Batali
“I don't really believe in diets. I love food... If I deprive myself, I'm going to want it more. I snack on yogurt, raw cashews and cherry tomatoes.”
-- Nicole Scherzinger
“Stewardesses are still paid so little that in many cases, new hires qualify for food stamps.”
-- Patricia Ireland
“My feeling is that labels are for canned food... I am what I am - and I know what I am.”
-- Michael Stipe
“Working at the Food Bank with my kids is an eye-opener. The face of hunger isn't the bum on the street drinking Sterno it's the working poor. They don't look any different, they don't behave any differently, they're not really any less educated. They are incredibly less privileged, and that's it.”
-- Mario Batali