‘There are no easy pickings.’ That would be a more accurate, less dramatic statement than ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch.’ – Paul Samuelson
When the surf is really good, it’s hard for me to concentrate on work. So I really have to watch when and where I surf – I won’t get anything done if I get the fever. Then it’s like I come into work and I’m wet and waterlogged and ready for lunch. – Chris Carter
I don’t go on lunch dates with friends. I hear about people having dinner parties, but I never do that. I’m not really human. – Fiona Apple
Sidney Poitier was directing a film called ‘Hanky Panky.’ And he said, ‘Do you want to come with me to New York to see Gilda Radner in ‘Lunch Hour’ on Broadway? I said, ‘I don’t need to see her, I love her. I’ve wanted to write something for her for a long time. So it’s OK by me.’ – Gene Wilder
In the guest star situation on a show, it has a feel of a foreign exchange student – you’re worrying the night before where you’re going to sit for lunch. ‘The Big Bang Theory’ was like that. I was supposed to only do one episode. What was different was the cast and production staff was so welcoming, even though I was only scheduled for a week. – Melissa Rauch
If I ask you to write down the last 4 digits of your social security number, and then take you out to lunch and ask you how many dentists there are in Manhattan, there’s going to be a high correlation between those two numbers. What happens is that the number psychologically makes you feel confident. – Nassim Nicholas Taleb
But I have had to give up certain things in my life. One is shopping. Two is lunch with the girls. Three is cocktail parties, and four is studying my lines. – Joan Collins
Caesar salad is one of my favourite lunch foods. You can shovel it in and talk at the same time. – Janet Street-Porter
I’m lucky to live in New York, a city that offers so many options for lunch. I can pick up dumplings from a Midtown food truck, grab empanadas by the dozen in Spanish Harlem or get a fantastic bowl of ramen in the East Village. – Marcus Samuelsson
And that’s another piece of advice I’ll give junior writers; when you get to the point where they take you to lunch, let the editor suggest where to go. – Jerry Pournelle
I worked in Tesco’s staff canteen because I fancied a boy on the tills. I served him his lunch in a hairnet and tan tights. Not just that, of course – I had a lovely white onesie. – Lena Headey
When I was a boy we didn’t wake up with Vietnam and have Cyprus for lunch and the Congo for dinner. – Lyndon B. Johnson
I spend all day in museums. I even eat my lunch in the museum, and I take a nap for one hour there. – John Gokongwei
I make myself eat one piece of toast for breakfast. When I’m doing ‘Bake Off,’ I eat soup for lunch. I know what puts on weight for me; it’s just over-indulgence. – Mary Berry
At the weekend, one of the paparazzi left their lunch box filled with half-eaten pasta salad on my doorstep: it was like a little warning, you know? ‘We have been here.’ – Katherine Jenkins
You’d be surprised how much easier it is to conduct business over tea than over lunch or dinner in a bustling restaurant. – Letitia Baldrige
Nobody took you out for lunch when I started. Carla Bruni took me out for lunch once. She was really nice. Otherwise, you don’t get fed. – Kate Moss
We need to reform our school lunch programs. We need to get healthy items into the vending machines. – Joan Lunden
No one picked on me for my lunch money. Probably because it was the 1980s and no one had lunch money. – Jonathan Rhys Meyers
The lunch in a normal American restaurant is very problematic for me. I don’t like to have hot food for lunch. – Larry David