Joey Chestnut Quotes

I am crazy for dessert. I eat everything. No one should be denied anything... just don't eat the whole thing.

I never want to be that guy at a dinner table saying, 'I wish I could have dessert.' I actually went through a stage when I would order dessert first.

I try everything in moderation, but listen, if I'm at some great Italian restaurant and they bring out the wonderful bread and butter, I'm the first one to dive in the basket.

If I'm gonna have a piece of pie, I'll have a couple bites, or I'll have a smaller piece. I'm not going to sit down and eat half a pie. I don't do that.

Don't be hungry when you go shopping, but don't overeat, either.

I've never eaten just a few bites of things I liked in my life.

I believe in binging once a week. This takes care of my cravings. I don't eat huge quantities when I binge, but I eat different varieties of food.

When it comes to eating, you can sometimes help yourself more by helping yourself less.

I think chocolate in moderation is not bad for you, but I eat way too much. I tell myself I'm going to eat two squares, and then I end up eating half a big bar.

The fact is, I diet every day of my life. I have to work at it. But I diet so I can pig out.

I love to eat everything and you pretty much can - a little piece of something fattening is not going to kill you. It's when you eat the whole box that it's going to kill you.

Most of those who make collections of verse or epigram are like men eating cherries or oysters: they choose out the best at first, and end by eating all.

I love dark chocolate, but I will have a piece just occasionally.

I'm not very much of a foodie; I like small amounts of delicious things, but I've never overeaten - I'd much rather have a glass of wine.

Whenever I feel like having some sort of comfort food, I'll have some of it but won't have tons of it.

Diets are rubbish. I eat healthily, and often have a day when I stuff myself.

I don't eat a lot. I think we overeat.

I always say eat everything, but eat it in moderation. I don't like to inhibit anyone.

Try not to make every eating transgression at once. When I go out, I won't ever do both dessert and drinks. Just pick one.

Don't eat till you're full, eat till you're tired.

It is a curious fact that no man likes to call himself a glutton, and yet each of us has in him a trace of gluttony, potential or actual. I cannot believe that there exists a single coherent human being who will not confess, at least to himself, that once or twice he has stuffed himself to bursting point on anything from quail financiere to flapjacks, for no other reason than the beastlike satisfaction of his belly.

I love spaghetti. And I like to cook spaghetti. And I used to eat it every day. I weighed thirty pounds more than I do now. You can't - you can't do that.

I used to not watch what I ate. I would just kind of eat whatever.

Like a lot of snackers, I recognized that snacking is an indulgence and is all about taste.

Well, it's very easy for me to gain weight, but even though I tried not eating for a week when I was really young, I couldn't do it any longer because I liked my food too much.