The Top Ten best lines about eating and drinking

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​10) “I don’t drink water. Fish fuck in it.” — W.C. Fields.

9) “A gourmet who thinks about calories is like a tart who looks at her watch.” — James Beard

8) “Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he’s buying.” — Fran Lebowitz

7) “I judge a restaurant by the bread and by the coffee.” — Burt Lancaster

6) “One cannot think well, love well, or sleep well unless one has dined well.” — Virgina Woolf

5) “Tomatoes and oregano make it Italian; wine and tarragon make it French. Sour cream makes it Russian; lemon and cinnamon make it Greek. Soy sauce makes it Chinese; garlic makes it good.” — Alice May Brock

4) “He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.” — Saadi

3) “Lettuce is divine, but I’m not sure it’s really food.” — Diana Vreeland

2) “There are people in this world so hungry that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.” — Gandhi

1) “I will not eat oysters. I want my food dead — not sick, not wounded — dead.” — Woody Allen