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Edible Quotes

A curious mix of food, instinct, and unexpected beauty.

These edible quotes range from where our food actually comes from to how animals instinctively judge what's safe to eat. One line even calls Art Nouveau architecture edible, tying the word to beauty rather than food. See Art quotes for more.

There is no right way to go on an edible journey. You can never tell what is going to be great, so you have to try everything. If you become doctrinaire about sticking to lowbrow foods or epicurean delights, your...

Quotes by Adam Richman

Today, the origin of 90% of all the edible food Gambians consume are from places they have never heard of.

Quotes by Yahya Jammeh

Most animals are pragmatic about mysteries: If they run across something they don't understand, all they care about is whether it's edible and whether it's dangerous. Humans, on the other hand, are drawn to the mystery for its own sake.

Quotes by Tana French

Edible Arrangements will have to beat back some rivals, including a handful of mom-and-pop vendors and a company in Pennsylvania called Incredibly Edible Delites. And there's always the chance that a deep-pocketed national florist like FTD will decide that pretty...

Quotes by Tahl Raz

Always Quotes

The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture.

Quotes by Salvador Dali

Through trial-and-error and observable outcomes, our ancestors narrowed the field of edible mushroom candidates to just a few with remarkable, health-supporting properties.

Quotes by Paul Stamets

Lion's mane may be our first 'smart' mushroom. It is a safe, edible fungus that appears to confer cognitive benefits on our aging population.

Quotes by Paul Stamets

I doubt very much that the chief executives of any of the Fortune 500 corporations can name five edible plants, five native grasses, or five migratory birds within walking distance of their homes, or name the soil series upon which...

Quotes by Paul Hawken

I was experimenting with ways of creating edible objects from digital content, and I was working to three criteria: 1. They had to be delicious. 2. They had to be personalized. 3. They had to fit through a letterbox or...

Quotes by James William Middleton

Ancestors Quotes

All the healthiest countries don't eat a lot of tropical fruits. They stay away from pineapples, mangos, papayas, and melons and focus on fruits that have edible skin, edible seeds, or are citrus fruits.

Quotes by Harley Pasternak

In a lot of ways, a lot of smells that aren't necessarily edible smell good, and they remind you of certain aspects of food. So making those associations with what smells good or smells a certain way and pairing that...

Quotes by Grant Achatz

I look forward to the spring vegetables because the season is so short. Mushrooms, edible foraged herbs, wild leeks, early season asparagus.

Quotes by David Chang

The only thing you can do to make catfish edible is fry them.

Quotes by Blake Shelton

There's fresh fish, and then there's fresh fish. Samoa is ranked as one of the best places for game fishing in all the world, and runs thick in the waters off the island chain. In fact, it's used as an...

Quotes by Andrew Zimmern

Architecture Quotes

I have been talking nonstop about the symbolism of an edible landscape at the White House. I think it says everything about stewardship of the land and about the nourishment of a nation.

Quotes by Alice Waters

Frequently Asked Questions

Are these quotes actually about food?
Only some of them - it's a grab-bag topic. A few genuinely discuss food origins, while others use 'edible' more loosely.
What do the quotes say about telling food from danger?
One notes that many animals judge the world simply by whether something is edible and whether it's dangerous, unlike humans who overthink things.
Is there a quote about a food business by this name?
Yes, one references a gift company called Edible Arrangements and its competitors in the same market.
Why is architecture mentioned on an 'edible' quotes page?
One quote poetically calls Art Nouveau architecture edible beauty, using the word to describe visual appeal rather than food.
Where can I read more architecture-themed quotes?
Check out our Architecture quotes page for more in that vein.

It's a genuine grab-bag collection, pulled together by a single word rather than one theme. Explore Architecture and Always quotes for related pages.