Quotes About Celebration

All food is the gift of the gods and has something of the miraculous, the egg no less than the truffle.

Contemporary societies have lost the sense of the feast but have kept the obscure drive for it.

We had no electricity, no gas. Food was probably our greatest entertainment - the most fun thing that we could do was food.

When you have a Jewish mother who has a very strong Jewish family, it's very ethnic in its practices. Eating brisket, the food and the family and the interconnectedness for better or worse.

I like visiting peoples homes on Saint Josephs Day, when people set up altars, serve food as a tribute to the saint, and invite the public - I enjoy that much more than Mardi Gras.

I come from food the way some people come from money. Food was the medium I grew up in, what we talked about, what shaped our days.

I don't drink anymore for Cinco de Mayo. I celebrate with Mexican food, or as it's known in Mexico: 'food.'

I'll build mine tomorrow," Horace said through a mouthful of food. "This is excellent, Will! When I have grandchildren, I'll name them all after you!

At American weddings, the quality of the food is in inverse proportion to the social position of the bride and groom.

I think a person who arranges the event and orders the food also picks up the check - even the birthday person, even when people at the table insist on paying for the birthday person.

When we develop reverence for food and the miracle of transformation inherent in it, just the simple act of eating creates a ritual of celebration.

Food was celebration, conversation, and nourishment. The table is where the big decisions of the family are made and all the arguing takes place.

Wine, like food, is so emotional. If you think about it, so much of the courting ritual is surrounded by wine and food. There's a built-in romance to wine.

The Spanish and Cuban people have the same kind of wakes the Irish do. They go on for two or three days and drink a lot of booze and eat a lot of food.

Food ... is the topmost taper on the golden candelabrum of existence.

Wine enlivens the human soul.

Much was said, and much was ate, and all went well.

Well, Southerners like to eat well. You see, it's an event when it's done right.

On Christmas, my family and I see a movie and go out for Chinese food. We don't celebrate Christmas in the traditional sense, in that we do not actually celebrate Christmas.

On my 30th birthday, all the presents I got were boxes of food. That's what I needed.

I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance.

I'm going back to my parrot head friends.

When men drink, then they are rich and successful and win lawsuits and are happy and help their friends. Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.

Many merry Christmases, many happy New Years. Unbroken friendships, great accumulations of cheerful recollections and affections on earth, and heaven for us all.