(545 quotes found)
“I dislike organized games, swimming pools, fashionable resorts, night clubs, music in restaurants, and political manifestoes; I enjoy driving from coast to coast, good food and drink, a few friends, dogs, the theatre, long walks, music and free conversation.”
James Hilton
“If Broadway shows charge preview prices while the cast is in dress rehearsal, why should restaurants charge full price when their dining room and kitchen staffs are still practicing?”
Marian Burros
“A restaurant is a fantasy-a kind of living fantasy in which diners are the most important members of the cast.”
Warner LeRoy
“Great restaurants are, of course, nothing but mouth-brothels. There is no point in going to them if one intends to keep one's belt buckled.”
Frederic Raphael
“In Tulsa, restaurants have signs that say, "Sorry, we're open."”
Roseanne Barr
“The food at my restaurants is mostly the food of Italy's grandmothers.”
Mario Batali
“There are advantages to being a star though - you can always get a table in a full restaurant.”
Ingrid Bergman
“The highway is replete with culinary land mines disguised as quaint local restaurants that carry such reassuring names as Millie's, Pop's and Capt'n Dick's.”
Bryan Miller
“So I went to the Chinese restaurant and this duck came up to me with a red.”
Tim Vine
“Now the restaurants have begun to catch up with the wine-making; there are numerous great restaurants in Napa Valley, and it's wonderful because the people are there for just that: great food and great wine.”
Thomas Keller
