Everyone -- chefs, authors, actors, and muppets -- has an opinion about food. Some quotes are gathered and listed here.

"Never eat more than you can lift." -- Miss Piggy, Muppet extraordinaire

"I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate." -- Julia Child, celebrity chef and cookbook author

"If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world." -- J.R.R. Tolkien, author of the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

"To me, life without veal stock, pork fat, sausage, organ meat, demi-glace, or even stinky cheese is a life not worth living." -- Anthony Bourdain, celebrity chef and host of No Reservations

"My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four unless there are three other people." -- Orson Welles, author

"Everything you see I owe to spaghetti." -- Sophia Loren, actress

"Give me liberty or... OOOooo... A jelly donut!" -— Homer Simpson, cartoon dad

"Health food may be good for the conscience but Oreos taste a hell of a lot better." -- Robert Redford, actor / director

“Chocolate. Definitely chocolate. A lot of chocolate. I love Scores in the States, with the caramel in the middle, and every once in a while if I’m really hungry then a Snickers bar is good. And M&Ms are great, Hershey’s Whoppers are great, Raisinettes… Twixes are great too. And the new Hershey’s Cookies & Cream, too.” -- Britney Spears, singer / actress, on her favorite foods

“My favorite forbidden food is Cheetos and any kind of McDonalds. I once ate McDonalds three times in one day.” -- Christina Ricci, actress