Food Quotes

“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.”

-- Tom Vilsack

“More die in the United States of too much food than of too little.”

-- John Kenneth Galbraith

“Actually, if I don't eat healthy food I don't feel good. For me, I crave healthy food.”

-- Kristin Cavallari

“The Paris peace talks kept a roof over my head and food on the table and clothes on my back because if something was said going in or coming out, I had the rent for the month.”

-- Ed Bradley

“Almost certainly, however, the first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind.”

-- Norman Borlaug

“My parents owned a soul food diner. It inspired me to go to culinary school.”

-- Flavor Flav

“Venice is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs in one go.”

-- Truman Capote

“Start with a clean grill. Keep it clean by brushing with a wire brush after preheating, and again after cooking. Make sure to oil your grates and your food before putting it on the grill to keep it from sticking.”

-- Emeril Lagasse

“With nine degrees of warming, computer models project that Australia will look like a disaster movie. Habitats for most vertebrates will vanish. Water supply to the Murray-Darling Basin will fall by half, severely curtailing food production.”

-- Jeff Goodell

“The less food, the more time to talk, the more to talk about.”

-- Damon Wayans