7. “Once you get a spice
in your home, you
have it forever. Women
never throw out
spices. The Egyptians
were buried with their
spices. I know which
one I'm taking with me
when I go.”
– Erma Bombeck
8. “I've been on a diet
for two weeks and
all I've lost is two
weeks.”
– Totie Fields
9. “All you need is love.
But a little chocolate
now and then
doesn't hurt.”
– Charles M. Schulz
10. “Part of the secret
of success in life is
to eat what you like
and let the food
fight it out inside.”
– Mark Twain
11. “The odds of going
to the store for a
loaf of bread and
coming out with
only a loaf of bread
are three billion to
one.”
– Erma Bombeck
12. “I never worry
about diets. The
only carrots that
interest me are the
number you get in
a diamond.”
– Mae West
14. “Leftovers make you
feel good twice. First,
when you put it
away, you feel thrifty
and intelligent: ‘I’m
saving food!’ Then a
month later when blue
hair is growing out of
the ham, and you
throw it away, you feel
really intelligent: ‘I’m
saving my life!’”
– George Carlin
15. “No matter what
anyone says, my
cooking is
excellent, even the
smoke alarm
seems to be
cheering me on!”
– Source Unknown
16. “I read recipes the
same way I read
science fiction. I get to
the end and say to
myself “Well, that's not
going to happen!”
– Rita Rudner
17. “My mom made two
dishes: Take it or
leave it.”
– Stephen Wright
18. “Life expectancy
would grow by
leaps and bounds
if green vegetables
smelled as good
as bacon.”
– Doug Larson
19. “I tried every diet
in the book. I tried
some that weren't
in the book. I tried
eating the book. It
tasted better than
most of the diets.”
– Dolly Parton
20. “Calories: Tiny
creatures that live in
your closet and sew
your clothes a little
bit tighter every
night.”
– Author unknown
21. “It would be far
easier to lose
weight permanently
if replacement parts
weren't so handy in
the refrigerator.”
– Hugh Allen
22. Extension is a Division of the Institute of Agriculture and
Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln
cooperating with the Counties and the United States
Department of Agriculture.
University of Nebraska–Lincoln Extension educational
programs abide with the nondiscrimination policies of the
University of Nebraska–Lincoln and the United States
Department of Agriculture.