Great Meal Quotes

#1. Everything is impermanent: happiness, sorrow, a great meal, a powerful empire, what we're feeling, the people around us, ourselves.

Sharon Salzberg

#2. I'm proud of the way I rearrange and put things together, like a chef who makes a great meal, or a filmmaker who puts together a story - it's casting, editing, cinematography.

Bonnie Raitt

#3. It is the attendance at a great meal, with one too many courses and two too many glasses of wine, that makes civilization spin, romance bloom and friendship last.

John Mariani

#4. A great meal is an experience that nourishes more than your body.

Ruth Reichl

#5. It's not like I'm out eating McDonald's and Del Taco every night. I eat good: my mom fixes dinner every single night - baked chicken, fish - she cooks a great meal every single night.

Bryce Harper

#6. I kind of think of engineering like the chefs at a restaurant. Nobody's going to deny chefs are integrally important, but there's also so many other people who contribute to a great meal.

Ben Silbermann

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

Jill Scott

#8. I believe that anyone can cook a great meal. Basically all you need to do is get your hands on some fresh ingredients and not be afraid to make a mess in the kitchen.

Nadia Giosia

#9. Just because one likes to cook up a great meal or decorate their home doesn't mean they have to do it with granite counter tops and duck a l'orange.

Nadia Giosia

#10. My kids know there's no candy, no soda, until the weekend. Those are the days they get to indulge in their sweets. We're big on organic food. I'm not a diet guy; I don't believe in diets. I just believe in a great meal plan.

Donald Driver

#11. Anything is possible on a train: a great meal, a binge, a visit from card players, an intrigue, a good night's sleep, and strangers' monologues framed like Russian short stories.

Paul Theroux

#12. When i was a child, i liked tasting any candy i happened to see, but as i grew older, i realized those are a great meal to the worms in my innards. Will you shun old habits or nay? That's the question.

Michael Bassey Johnson

#13. I have no problem spending money on a great meal with friends or a flight to see somebody that I love, versus something like a fancy car. I don't need a fancy car. I don't need a giant TV.

Carrie Brownstein

#14. Cooking a fantastic meal is therapeutic. I like the entire process-the chopping, the stirring. At the end, hopefully you get to enjoy a great meal with a friend or loved one.

Natalie Coughlin

#15. At my restaurants, we have training drills before every meal. We talk about what we did yesterday that was great and what we can improve today.

Danny Meyer

#16. Make one day a mono-meal. This means, choose just one fruit and have it as much as you want. Apples, pears, or anything in season are great for mono-meals.

Valentina Zelyaeva

#17. Although I love all the great foods of the world, my death row meal would have to be cooked for me by my mother and grandmother (they live together and this happens on most Sundays). More than satisfy our hunger, these dinners nurture the soul.

Joe Bastianich

#18. School feeding is a great tool to encourage education and provide food aid to children born into extremely impoverished situations. The kids in school being fed by WFP are empowered by their school meal to learn and better their lives!

Lauren Bush

#19. I believe in breakfast. It's the one meal that my kids usually eat without a fuss, so that's huge. As for myself, I can't function without it, and I see it as a great way to get some healthy greens in, some coffee, and on a good day, maybe even some news of the world via the newspaper.

Samantha Bee

#20. I love film. After a yummy meal for the whole family and some truly great friends, we often go out to see something beautiful and unique.

Gwyneth Paltrow

#21. I think that romance sort of coincides with effort, so you can fall flat on your face, but as long as you're making a great effort, I think it comes off as romantic. So it can be something as simple as, like, if you're someone who doesn't cook, you can make a meal.

Ashton Kutcher

#22. One of my favorite things to cook is fondue. I'm Swiss. It's a great social meal.

Ryan Seacrest

#23. People like to warn you that by the time you reach the middle of your life, passion will begin to feel like a meal eaten long ago, which you remember with great tenderness.

Meg Wolitzer

#24. A great way to get all the right nutrients is to make a colorful plate - mix of good vegetables, carbohydrates, and protein. If you notice all your vegetables are green, change it up and add another color for a variety of benefits in one meal.

Summer Sanders

#25. An ideal day for me is a combination of a fun-exciting creative moment with work partners, some laughs and games with my kids, a good surf session, and great conversation with friends around a meal.

Yves Behar

#26. I'm a big breakfast person: Eggs, bacon and yogurt is my go-to meal before a round. On the course, peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches are great for energy, but a protein bar works, too.

Lexi Thompson

#27. The cook in the kitchen preparing a meal from plants and animals at the end of this shortest of food chains has a great many things to worry about, but "health" is simply not one of them, because it is given.

Michael Pollan

#28. However great the challenge, it's easier to overcome with a decent meal inside of you.

Walter Moers

#29. The ideal pre-show meal I think is pho, the Vietnamese soup. It's very light and good for you, and then the broth is great for the throat.

Kevin Morby

#30. To make my meal, I go to the market and to the garden, and then I decide what I'm going to do. That's a great pleasure.

Alain Ducasse

#31. Dinner is a great first date. Don't believe that stuff about girls not wanting to eat on a first date - sharing a romantic meal is so sexy.

Carmen Electra

#32. Because its hard to realize now that that was the end of the great depression, you know. All of a sudden all of this is in front of me and I'm solvent, you know. I'm making some money and I know where my next meal is coming from, and I have a new pair of shoes and that's it.

Robert McCloskey

#33. A meal becomes good by starting with quality instructions. It becomes great when you add a quality chef.

Erica Ariel Fox

#34. Every day we live and every meal we eat we influence the great microbial organ inside us - for better or for worse.

Giulia Enders

#35. Clothes are like a good meal, a good movie, great pieces of music.

Michael Kors

#36. I listen to my records and I think, 'Wow,
these are really great appetizers. I haven't
even considered what I'm going to order
for the full entree meal yet.'

Alanis Morissette

#37. Sitting down and sharing a meal together combines two of my favorite loves: eating great food and talking about great food.

Homaro Cantu

#38. Justice is like a great home cooked meal; it may not come at the ideal time, but when it does it is served and delicious.

Robert J. Braathe

#39. Writing a great book is like creating a gourmet meal! Those who thoroughly enjoyed your book will come back to get fed again.

Darrell Gibbs

#40. Cooking is great, but the meal that has been prepared for you with love is the best.

Stephen Richards

#41. Quantity in diet is more to be regarded than quality. A full meal is a great enemy both to study and industry.

Samuel Richardson

#42. We have got too many kids around the house to have a romantic meal at home. But Danielle is a fantastic cook. She does a brilliant lasagne, great roasts and a great chilli dish. She knows the way to my heart.

Gary Lineker