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

“I don't like to waste anything. Any food left over from the night before is always eaten the next day.”

-- Martin Yan

“I don't believe in depriving myself of any food or being imprisoned by a diet.”

-- Joely Fisher

“A house is no home unless it contain food and fire for the mind as well as for the body.”

-- Margaret Fuller

“I used food as a coping mechanism for many, many years, and it was my best friend for a long time.”

-- Carnie Wilson

“The Middle East is ailing. The malady stems from pervasive violence, shortages of food, water and educational opportunities, discrimination against women and - the most virulent cause of all - the absence of freedom.”

-- Shimon Peres

“Miss Child is never bashful with butter.”

-- Phil Donahue

“Not eating meat is a decision, eating meat is an instinct.”

-- Denis Leary

“Food in Chicago is the best.”

-- Lee DeWyze

“Give your kids a bloody knife and fork and let me put some fresh food in front of them they can eat.”

-- Jamie Oliver