“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.” -Virginia Woolf

“After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relations.” -Oscar Wilde

“There is no love sincerer than the love of food.” -George Bernard Shaw

“The only time to eat diet food is while you’re waiting for the steak to cook.” -Julia Child

“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food” -Hippocrates

“Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.” -Mark Twain

“We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie.” -David Mamet

“The preparation of good food is merely another expression of art, one of the joys of civilized living…” -Dione Lucas

“Eating is an agricultural act.” -Wendell Berry

“Food is an important part of a balanced diet.” -Fran Lebowitz

“Food is a gift and should be treated reverentially — romanced and ritualized and seasoned with memory.” -Chris Bohjalian

“Good food is very often, even most often, simple food.” -Anthony Bourdain

“After a full bely all is poetry.” -Frank McCourt

“Food, like a loving touch or a glimpse of divine power, has that ability to comfort.” -Norrman Kolpas

“Food is symbolic of love when words are inadequate.” -Alan D. Wolfelt

