Quotations about Food


Famous quotations, sayings and proverbs about food.
Quotations About Food

  1. "A good eater must be a good man; for a good eater must have a good digestion, and a good digestion depends upon good conscience." Quotation by Benjamin Disraeli, Lord Beaconsfield 1804-81 British Statesman
  2. "The Chinese do not draw any distinction between food and medicine." Quotation by Lin Yutang 


 Proverbs about Food
  1. “A meal without flesh is like feeding on grass.” Indian Proverb
  2. “An apple-pie without some cheese is like a kiss without a squeeze.” English Proverb
  3. “Bread is the staff of life.” English Proverb
  4. “Eat to live and not live to eat.” English Proverb
  5. “The nearer the bone, the sweeter the flesh.” English Proverb
  6. "First food, then religion." Afghan Proverb
  7. " Even the best cooking pot will not produce food." African Proverb
  8. "Food you will not eat you do not boil."African Proverb 
  9. "What the wolf mourns is food for the fox." Arabian Proverb 
  10. "Enough food and a pipe full of tobacco makes you equal to the immortals." Chinese Proverb
  11. "The conversation of the wise concerns ideas; that of the intelligent is about ideas; the common folk talk about food."  Danish Proverb
  12. "Art finds its food everywhere."  Danish Proverb
  13. "Food tastes best when you eat it with your own spoon." Danish Proverb 
  14. "God gives all birds their food but does not drop it into their nests." Danish Proverb 
  15. "No matter how high a bird can fly, it still has to look for food on the ground." Danish Proverb 
  16. "Where love sets the table food tastes at its best." French Proverb 
  17. "Beauty is the eye's food but the soul's sorrow." German Proverb 
  18. "The poor looks for food and the rich man for appetite." Indian Proverb 
  19. "The rich would have to eat money, but luckily the poor provide food." Russian Proverb 
  20. "The most dangerous food is a wedding cake." United States Proverb


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