Quotes About Culture

Hong Kong and Macau are both very dynamic cities. I am always inspired about the culture, people and food in these two cities. There is always so much to do and so much to explore!

The Chinese do not draw any distinction between food and medicine.

Beneatha: You didn't tell us what Alaiyo means... for all I know, you might be calling me Little Idiot or something... ... Asagai: It means... it means One for Whom Bread--Food--Is Not Enough.

It's some chopped liver. That's Jewish soul food.

The mere smell of cooking can evoke a whole civilization.

If it has got four legs and it is not a chair, if it has got two wings and it flies but is not an aeroplane, and if it swims and it is not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it.

What people do with food is an act that reveals how they construe the world.

The food in Europe is pretty disappointing. I like fried chicken. But other than that Europe is great.

The Italians were eating with forks when the French were still eating each other.

I always thought that bagels and lox was my soul food, but it turns out it's sushi.

I eat only simple Indian home food - sabzi, roti, dal, chawal, ghee. There are so many benefits of having ghee. My grandmother is 84 and she is still fit and looks beautiful.

Junk food, junk religion, and junk products just leads to excessive numbers of junk people living junk lifestyles.

America is a such a melting pot, I'm not sure if roast chicken is the classic comfort food for everybody.

I think food culture is always evolving, and there will constantly be people looking both forward and back. That's what makes it exciting.

...the true spirit of gastronomic joylessness. Porridge fills the Englishman up, and prunes clear him out.

Chicago is a beautiful city - the architecture, the food, everything in the city is awesome.

The food in Yugoslavia is fine if you like pork tartare.

Breaking a glass in the northwest is rather like belching in Arabia, for it appears to be done as a mark of appreciation or elation.

Our heavily meat-centered culture is at the very heart of our waste of the earth's productivity.

Food was a constant topic of conversation in our household.

A country like America has twice as much food on its shop shelves and in its restaurants than is actually required to feed the American people.

How can a nation be called great if its bread tastes like kleenex?

Europe was a horrible place. There was nothing on TV. The food was terrible. And they don't even have ice. Who doesn't have ice?

I think every culture is passionate about food; some are just passionate about food and the food is shitty.