Restaurant Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old restaurant quotes, restaurant sayings, and restaurant proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Some people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A little candlelight, dinner, soft music, and dancing. She goes Tuesdays, I go Fridays. Henry Youngman
Profit is not the legitimate purpose of business. The legitimate purpose of business is to provide a product or service that people need and do it so well that it’s profitable. James Rouse
In a restaurant, choose a table near a waiter. Jewish Proverb
Why does Sea World have a seafood restaurant? I'm halfway through my fish burger and I realize, oh my God. I could be eating a slow learner. Lynda Montgomery
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. Mahatma Gandhi
Nouvelle cuisine, roughly translated, means. I can't believe I paid $96 and I'm still hungry. Mike Kalin
Restaurants with pepper mills the size of fire extinguishers and big red menus with the entries spelled with f’s instead of s’s are always expensive. Miss Piggy
A cannibal is a person who walks into a restaurant and orders a waiter. Morey Amsterdam
If I ever own a restaurant, I will never allow the waiters to ask if the diners like their dishes. Particularly when they're talking. Orson Welles
The C student starts a restaurant. The A student writes restaurant reviews. P. J. O'Rourke
Memories are like mulligatawny soup in a cheap restaurant. It is best not to stir them. P.G. Wodehouse
I was eating in a Chinese restaurant downtown. There was a dish called Mother and Child Reunion. It's chicken and eggs. And I said, I gotta use that one. Paul Simon
The murals in restaurants are on par with the food in museums. Peter De Vries
If I could have dinner with anyone who lived in history, it would depend on the restaurant. Rodney Dangerfield
I was at this restaurant. The sign said 'Breakfast Anytime. So I ordered French Toast in the Renaissance. Steven Wright
When I go to a restaurant, yeah, I know that a line is probably going to form in front of the table, but didn't I always wish for that? Yeah, I did. Taylor Swift
When you are able to shift your inner awareness to how you can serve others, and when you make this the central focus of your life, you will then be in a position to know true miracles in your progress toward prosperity. Wayne W. Dyer