We all love a good cheese quote right? From Charles de Gaulle to Chandler Bing, we round up the best cheese quotes throughout history.
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Quotes from politicians
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1. “Dessert without cheese is like a beauty missing one eye” – Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
2. “How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?” – Charles de Gaulle
Quotes from authors
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3. “Give me a good sharp knife and a good sharp cheese and I’m a happy man” – George RR Martin
4. “Life is great. Cheese makes it better” – Avery Aames
5. “I just don’t see the point of not eating cheese. I mean, if God didn’t want us to eat cheese, would he have let man invent it?” – Lisa Samson
6. “There is never enough cheese on the cheese course. Bring your own bit of Brie if you have to. Put an entire Stilton in your handbag” – Joel Golby
7. “Many’s the long night I’ve dreamed of cheese – toasted, mostly” – Robert Louis Stevenson
8. “If cheese was a woman, I’d marry her. I’d come home and eat her every night” – Solange nicole
9. “Cheese is the soul of the soil. It is the purest and most romantic link between humans and the earth.” – Pierre Androuët
10. “What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?”- Bertolt Brecht
Quotes from actors
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11. “Age is of no importance unless you’re a cheese” – Billie Burke
12. “And I’m lactose intolerant but if you told me I couldn’t have cheese ever again, I would slap you in your face” – Retta
13. “You should use any cheese on pizza as long as it’s 100% Mozzarella” – Wayne Gerard Trotman
Quotes from others
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14. “Cheese: It’s milk that you chew!” – Chandler Bing (Fictional character on American sitcom Friends)
15. “You have to be a romantic to invest yourself, your money, and your time in cheese” – Anthony Bourdain (Chef)
16. “The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese” – Willie Nelson (Musician)
17. “A cheese may disappoint. It may be dull, it may be naive, it may be over-sophisticated. Yet it remains cheese, milk’s leap toward immortality” – Clifton Fadiman (Intellectual)
18. “Right now, I’m as single as a slice of American cheese.” – Nick Cannon (American Television Host)
Jonah is a a hipster, eco-warrior, and self-proclaimed cheese wanker. Coming from a scientific background, Jonah has a particular interest in cheese science. And yes, he loves a good cheese pun!