Food And Wine Quotes

Food And Wine Quotes by William Butler Yeats, Wolfgang Puck, Thomas Jefferson, Storm Jameson, Robert Mondavi, Mark Twain and many others.

Wine comes in at the mouth And love comes in at the eye

Wine comes in at the mouth And love comes in at the eye; That’s all we shall know for truth Before we grow old and die.
William Butler Yeats
America has undergone a total food and wine revolution.
Wolfgang Puck
I think it is a great error to consider a heavy tax on wines as a tax on luxury. On the contrary, it is a tax on the health of our citizens.
Thomas Jefferson
to grow old is to have taken away, one by one, all gifts of life, the food and wine, the music and the company. … the gods unloose, one by one, the mortal fingers that cling to the edge of the table.
Storm Jameson
I always knew that food and wine were vital, with my mother being Italian and a good cook.
Robert Mondavi
Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.
Mark Twain
Drinking wine was not a snobbism nor a sign of sophistication nor a cult; it was as natural as eating and to me as necessary.
Ernest Hemingway
My philosophy from day one is that I can sleep better at night if I can improve an individual’s knowledge about food and wine, and do it on a daily basis.
Emeril Lagasse
When I pair food and wine, I start with the food. If I have a beautiful roasted bird, I might choose a Cabernet or Pinot Noir, or maybe a Syrah, depending on the sauce and what is in my cellar.
Jacques Pepin
Wine … offers a greater range for enjoyment and appreciation than possibly any other purely sensory thing which may be purchased.
Ernest Hemingway
What is man, when you come to think upon him, but a minutely set, ingenious machine for turning with infinite artfulness, the red wine of Shiraz into urine?
Isak Dinesen
I feel sorry for people who do not have a Bible to lean on.
Adrian Rogers
I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food.
W. C. Fields
Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence.
Robert Fripp
If food is the body of good living, wine is its soul.
Clifton Fadiman
Your words are my food, your breath my wine. You are everything to me.
Sarah Bernhardt
Food and wine. Decide which is the soloist, which the accompanist.
Michael Broadbent