Meals Quotes

Good families always ritualize the table. You can say, "This is a Christmas meal; this is a birthday meal."

The planning is everything. Deciding which dishes you're going to prepare can turn into the make-or-break decision five days later, when you actually serve the meal.

Cheap meat is the problem. The answer is to replace meat recipes with vegan meals.

I don't sit down and have meals too often, unless I go out for dinner.

Beer is amazing. Nutritional. Medicinal. A beverage, but also a meal.

I let her do some of my laundry and she slipped in a few meals in between, and next thing I remember, she was all moved in.

Life is weather. Life is meals.

Drink water between meals instead of with them so that the digestive juices will not be diluted.

And something chocolate, of course. A meal was not a meal without some sort of chocolate for desert.

Agribusinesses should never dictate the quality of school meals.

Soup is probably a way associated with screwing you outside of a meal.

Why spend the afternoon making a meal that will be gone in an hour," she'd ask us, "when in the same amount of time, I can do a painting that will last forever?

Becoming food savvy is one thing, but it's amazing how fast savvy turns to snooty, and snooty leaves you preparing three-hour meals that break your budget and that the kids won't even eat.

I cook all my meals at home.

Gogol is unaccustomed to this sort of talk at mealtimes, to the indulgent ritual of the lingering meal, and the pleasant aftermath of bottles and crumbs and empty glasses that clutter the table.

I'm a girl who enjoys a great meal with great friends, so I'm not really that concerned about weight loss.

Thanksgiving is the most complicated meal you can think of. Every night, dinner is just pasta. It's just different shapes of pasta.

An ugly woman cooks your meals on time, and she'll always treat you kind.

My meals were easily made, for they were all alike and simple, only a cupful of tea and bread.

Oddly enough, I'm not religious but I'm also very fond of St Peter's in Rome. When I'm there, I always know there's a good meal not far away.

Oh, I'd say I like a meal as much as anybody. But I find a certain kind of foodiness silly, gluttonous and embarrassing.

I think that a lot of us at home are iron chefs in their own right in that we have to come up with meals real quickly.

There are people who are virtuous only in a piece-meal way; virtue is a fabric from which they never make themselves a whole garment.

My, I get so depressed after a poor meal; that's why I can never stay in England for more than a week.

It's hard to imagine a civilization without onions; in one form or another their flavor blends into almost everything in the meal except the desert.

Any celebration meal to which guests are invited, be they family or friends, should be an occasion for generous hospitality.

As a child in the rural district of Penal I remember sharing meals from the same pot with neighbours of different racial, ethnic, social and economic backgrounds.

It's OAT-freaking-MEAL!

If you can throw $5 back in the crafty, we'll take it, because it just means another meal, which is nice.

Tori joined us for dinner --in body, at least. She spent the meal practicing for a role in the next zombie movie, expressionless, methodically moving fork to mouth, sometimes even with food on it.

I mean the world is a place where it feels like a woman has to go out everywhere in society, you have to buy her and cook her a meal and stuff.

Both happy and sad people can be cheered up by a nice meal.

The sharing of food is the basis of social life, and to many people it is the only kind of social life worth participating in.

Scandal has made wine and popcorn seem like a viable, even healthful, meal.

I think breakfast is the one meal when you don't have to eat animal, maybe.

Love was really a high priority. You could drive up this road and there'd be open doors. You could actually walk in as a stranger and they'd invite you for a meal.

Go for the girl who can eat a proper meal. If she's passionate about food, you'll most likely be fortunate in other venues.

The mid-day meal is a well-intentioned scheme and has to be implemented effectively.

He didn't like to see either of the women in his family disappointed; it ruined perfectly good meals.

I have the privilege to make ethical choices through my food each day. It's beyond nourishment to me. Each meal represents a lifestyle I passionately believe in.

My last meal? The food would be much less significant than the company.

I don't eat breakfast. I know it's the most important meal of the day but my body doesn't respond to it well.

I never eat standing up, I never eat in front of the refrigerator. I treat myself very formally with meals. I don't watch TV or read. It's a little bit of a ritual, and it's more enjoyable.

My horses make very silly faces when I'm preparing their meals.

Getting out of the house is the secret to staying alert through the droning hours leading up to the big meal, even if you don't go farther than 7-Eleven for another six-pack.

Also, when on a campaign to convince a stranger that you aren't a few fries short of a Happy Meal, throwing around phrases like "tangentially Swedish" is not the best way to go.

I believe everything is energy. I believe that the meal you serve yourself, you prepare, is energy. And if you serve it to your family, it's your gift of energy to them.

I don't cook for myself. I eat every meal out. I'm fed by others. I think it's a kind of social thing. I work collaboratively with others. A meal with a friend is my ultimate thing.

Avoid food products that make health claims. at meals and eat them only at tables. And no, a desk is not a table.

I understand the horrors of having no insurance, but, believe me, eight hours of sleep and good meals are NOT going to prevent you from getting sick. Don't gamble with your life; it's a stupid bet.