“Most food you drop is still perfectly edible. If it was in your eyesight the whole time, you can pick it up and eat it.”

“I only like food without color, like potatoes, bread, and pasta.”

“You can give men food and leisure and amusements and good conditions of work, and still they will remain unsatisfied. You can deny them all these things, and they will not complain so long as they feel that they have something to die for.”

“Though I love the luxury of the Waldorf Towers, room service there doesn't do soul food.”

“I don't need the fillers, additives, excessive amounts of sugars, fats, salts and other measures taken to taint the natural goodness of real food.”

“If you only design menus that are essentially junk or fast food, the whole infrastructure supports junk.”

“I like food too much to go on some crazy diet. French fries are my favorite downfall.”

“We have by far the most expensive health system in the world. We spend 50 percent more per person than the next most costly nation. Americans spend more on health care than housing or food.”

“I went in saying I wanted to be the food guy.”