Alice Waters Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“We've been so disconnected agriculturally and culturally from food. We spend more time on dieting than on cooking.”

“I feel that good food should be a right and not a privilege, and it needs to be without pesticides and herbicides. And everybody deserves this food. And that's not elitist.”

“I really am at a place where I think we need to feed every child at school for free and feed them a real school lunch that's sustainable and nutritious and delicious. It needs to be part of the curriculum of the school in the same way that physical education was part of the curriculum, and all children participated.”

“I can't imagine leaving the restaurant. It's hard for me to separate my life from my work; I'm really thinking about what we're doing every day.”

“I have a fireplace in my kitchen that I light every night, no matter what.”

“I do feel like food should cost more, because we aren't paying farmers a living wage. It has to cost more.”

“I guess I don't really believe in retirement. I believe in shorter days and maybe in weekends!”

“I have a love affair with tomatoes and corn. I remember them from my childhood. I only had them in the summer. They were extraordinary.”

“The way we subsidize food makes it cheaper to go to McDonald's and get a hamburger than a salad, and that's insane. It's pure government policy.”

“I'm an optimist. I'm hopeful.”