Whether you are a foodie or not, one of the most important parts of life is food. And if you are going to eat anyway you might as well eat great food. And, of course, all those great food pictures also need amazing food captions. If you are looking for the best short food quotes for Instagram and sayings, look no further because we gathered them all here. Because, really, did you even eat if you didn’t post it?
Our Favorite Short Food Quotes for Instagram
“People who love to eat are always the best people.” – Julia Child
“Food for the body is not enough. There must be food for the soul.” – Dorothy Day
“Food for the body is not enough. There must be food for the soul.” – Dorothy Day
“The only thing I like better than talking about food is eating.” –John Walters
“Food is for eating, and good food is to be enjoyed…” – Delia Smith
“Food is not just eating energy. It’s an experience.” – Guy Fieri
“Another day, another 13,000 calories.” – Andy Lassner
“A recipe has no soul. You, as the cook, must bring the soul to the recipe.” – Thomas Keller
“Laughter is brightest in the place where food is.” – Irish Proverb
“Food has a culture. It has a history. It has a story. It has relationships.” – Winona LaDuke
“Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.” – Oscar Wilde
“The way you make an omelet reveals your character.” – Anthony Bourdain
“Life is a combination of magic and pasta.” – Federico Fellini
“A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.” – Aesop
“Tell me what to eat, and I will tell you what you are.” – Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.” – Virginia Woolf
“If soup isn’t hot enough to make a grown man wince, it’s undrinkable.” – Terri Guillemets
“There’s not a better feeling in the world than a warm pizza on your lap.” – Kevin James
“Ice cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.” – Voltaire
“He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.” – Jonathan Swift
“We all eat, and it would be a sad waste of opportunity to eat badly.” – Anna Thomas
“Sometimes me think, ‘What is Friend?’ and then me say, ‘Friend is someone to share the last cookie with.’” – Cookie Monster
“Humor keeps us alive. Humor and food. Don’t forget food. You can go a week without laughing. – Joss Whedon
“After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relatives.” – Oscar Wilde
“Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first.” – Ernestine Ulmer
“I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants.”- A. Whitney Brown
“Food feeds both the body and soul – there are clear reasons to eat a balanced diet, but there are also reasons you cling to your mom’s secret chicken noodle soup recipe when you’re sick.” – Michael Mina
“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
“Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the Titanic who waved off the dessert cart.” – Erma Bombeck
“I suppose there are people who can pass up free guacamole, but they’re either allergic to avocado or too joyless to live.” – Frank Bruni
“Food can be very transformational, and it can be more than just about a dish. That’s what happened to me when I first went to France. I fell in love. And if you fall in love, well, then everything is easy.” – Alice Waters
“One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating.” – Luciano Pavarotti
“I’ve long believed that good food, good eating, is all about risk. Whether we’re talking about unpasteurized Stilton, raw oysters or working for organized crime associates, food, for me, has always been an adventure.” – Anthony Bourdain
“Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie.” – Jim Davis
“Popcorn for breakfast! Why not? It’s a grain. It’s like, like, grits, but with high self-esteem.” – James Patterson
“Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what’s for lunch.” – Orson Welles
“The only time to eat diet food is while you’re waiting for the steak to cook.” – Julia Child
“My doctor told me I had to stop throwing intimate dinners for four unless there are three other people.” – Orson Welles
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Great Food Sayings
- I followed my heart and it led me to the fridge.
- Good food is the sweetest when sharing with good friends.
- I get way too much happiness from good food.
- I love to sleep, because it’s like a time machine for breakfast.
- Everything tastes good when you’re hungry.
- Sugar, spice, and everything nice.
- Life is a combination of magic and pasta.
- Looks amazing and tastes amazing!
- The secret to success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.
- If you combine good flavors, food turns into an orchestra.
- If someone else is paying for it, food tastes a lot better.
- Healthy Food = Happy Food; Happy Food = Happy Body; Happy Body = Happy Mind.
- I hate tacos” said no Juan ever.
- The truth is I’ve never met a chocolate I didn’t like.
- Love and sushi are a lot alike. You can never have too much of either.
- Round or square, thick or thin, every pizza is beautiful.
- The best things in life are sweet, always keep it sweet.
- Food is the best remedy for a bad mood when you’re at home.
- If we’re not meant to have midnight snacks, why is there a light in the fridge?
- In a relationship with tacos.
- If ice cream for dinner is wrong, I don’t want to be right.
- Honey comes from bees, but pancakes come from heaven!
- Tasty food brings eternal bliss.
- Food always feels like luxury when you’re hungry.
- Always in the mood for sprinkles and sugar cones.
- Food is for eating, and good food is to be enjoyed…
- A slice of pie without cheese is like a kiss without a squeeze.
- The most essential part of a well-balanced diet is — food!
- When I’m eating, I’m deaf and stupid.
- Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we may die.
- I’m having fruit for dinner. Okay, it’s mainly grapes. Fermented grapes. Okay, fine, I’m having wine for dinner.
- Money can’t buy happiness, but it can buy pizza and that’s almost the same thing.
- We don’t want none unless you got buns hun.
- You can’t just eat good food. You’ve got to talk about it too. And you’ve got to talk about it to somebody who understands that kind of food.
- Cooked to perfection.
- It’s nothing special, and yet it feels so special. That’s how this burger is.
- Sweet. Savory. Colorful.
- Life is short, so make it sweet.
- The ultimate comfort food.
- There is no love more sincere than my love for food.
- Home is wherever I’m with food.
- Eating breakfast is a nice way of saying thank you to your body.
- Eat whatever you want, and if someone tries to lecture you about your weight, eat them too!
- Food is the most primitive form of comfort.
- You know, food is like that, it’s a hug for people.
- Eat less from the box, more from the earth.
- I left my heart in this restaurant.
- I’m not like other girls. I know what I want for dinner. I’ve been thinking about it since lunch.
- Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.
- Beyond the boundaries of taste.
- Love and food are alike. I can never get enough of both.
- Whenever you see me seemingly thinking deep thoughts, I’m probably just thinking about food.
- When you think you see your food coming at a restaurant, and then you realize it’s not yours.
- Add this restaurant to your bucket list. I promise you won’t regret it.
- If I can, I love staying in pajamas all day and watching movies and eating good food.
- Food is really the most effective medicine.
- There’s nothing more romantic than a serene walk to the fridge.
- Eating good food is my favorite thing in the whole world. Nothing is more blissful.
- If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
- Most people eat to live… I live to eat!
- I was always a junk food person. I still am.
- A well-balanced meal is a slice in both hands.
- It’s never too early for sushi.
- My dinner stomach is full, but my dessert stomach still has room.
- My friends tell me that cooking is easy, but it’s not easier than not cooking.
- If history has taught us anything, it’s that reheated french fries are gross.
- Calories can not be calculated at the weekend.
- Cold treats are my kind of comfort food.
- Snacks are awesome! Don’t you ever underestimate their power!
- A burger is a miracle that happened to meat.
- Whatever the question, pizza is the answer.
- If you combine wine and dinner, the new word is winner.
- A burger is meant to be eaten like you love it.
- Say no to drugs, say yes to pizza.
- There’s no better feeling in the world than a warm pizza box on your lap.
- The sweetest creation to come out of Italy.
- I spread love like how I spread Nutella and peanut butter.
- Pizza makes the world go ‘round.
- One does not simply not have seconds.
- Life is like ice cream. Enjoy before it melts.
- I love Instagram because it allows me to maintain a record of every meal I partake in.
- Love is in the air, and it’s medium-rare.
- Carbs might be my soulmate.
- I make ice cream disappear. What’s your superpower?
- I have hunger management issues.
- Either I eat all my food or I eat all my food. There is no in-between.
- Seconds, thirds… who’s counting?
- To live a full life, you have to fill your stomach first.
- Being a grown-up is the best, you don’t need permission to have dessert for dinner.
- I followed my heart and it led me to this restaurant.
- You are what you eat, so it is not quick, cheap, and easy.
- I enjoy taking long romantic walks, to the fridge.
- I’d hate to lie on my deathbed and think: “I could have eaten that!”
- There are three food groups — crust, cheese, and sauce.
- It’s always ice cream weather.
- Burgers are my favorite food group.
- Eat right, exercise, die anyway.
- Tomorrow we can eat broccoli, but today is for ice cream.
- I am sorry for what I said when I was hungry.
- Blessed are the pizza-makers, for they shall be called children of God.
- You can finish that cheeseburger. I believe in you.
- Can you be addicted to guac? Asking for a friend.
- Gelato cravings are not to be taken lightly.
- A life without food is like a library without books.
- You can’t spell “friends” without “fries”.
- I always keep some snacks around, just in case I get hungry…or need a friend.
- I did not go to the gym today, but … the name of the McDonald’s cashier was Jim. So the same.
- When you’re a downie, eat a brownie.
- Life is like a box of chocolates. We take turns, then it ends.
- Find someone who looks at you the way I look at pizza.
- I like big rolls and I cannot lie.
- Byob — bring your own burrito.
- The only way to ruin my day is to cancel lunch plans.
- Television + food, a match made in heaven.
- Avocado toast for breakfast? Groundbreaking.
- Brunch is breakfast without alarm.
- Cupcakes are muffins that believed in miracles.
- Keep your friends close, and your pizza closer.
- You did something today to deserve a burger.
- I like hashtags because they look like waffles.
- First, we eat breakfast. Then, we change the world.
- Eating just in case I get hungry later!
- Waiting on time travel so I can come back and eat this again.
- If only taking a picture made this meal last longer.
- The chief ingredient in great food is love.
- First, we eat, then we do everything else.
- Magic happens in the kitchen during lunchtime and dinner time.
- Goodies for the foodies.
- I just want someone to look at me the way I look at food.
- A pleasant gastronomic adventure.
- When the ingredients are fresh…
- All you need is a fork and a thirst for adventure.
- Just visiting the best restaurant in town. Again.
- Love you from my head to my burri-toes.
- All you have to do is eat great food and travel with your friends, the rest will follow.
- Everything you see, I owe to spaghetti.
- Tgitt — thank god it’s taco Tuesday.
- Share my dessert? You do have high hopes.
- A little chocolate a day never hurts.
- Sadness is no ice cream in the freezer.
- Sorry – I’m in a relationship. With food.
- Square box, round pizza, triangular slice, it’s so misleading.
And that is our list of Instagram food quotes and Sayings. We hope you found the perfect one for you.
Now get back to enjoying that meal!
About the Author
Laynni Locke
I am Laynni Locke, a Canadian writer, reader and traveller with a passion for sharing life’s moments on social media. Keeping friends and family in the loop of our lives though photos and videos has become an essential activity for most.
And it doesn’t matter if you are travelling, celebrating a special occasion or just appreciating day-to-day life, when you take that perfect photo you are going to need the perfect caption or quote before you share it. Which is why we started Routinely Shares, providing comprehensive lists of quotes and captions to cover every occasion, adventure or loved one.
With extensive experience as a travel writer, social media specialist and grant writer, I have made it my mission to curate the best and easiest to use lists for your next post.