The only thing we love more than discovering bacon quotes is sharing them with you. This roundup includes funny Homer Simpson bacon quotes, celebrity sayings about bacon, glowing words about cooking with bacon, and even Jim Gaffigan bacon quotes.
From movie stars to comedians to chefs to authors and more, you’ll find plenty of amusing statements about our favorite savory meat: BACON! (For more laughs, check out our funny bacon meme collection and the original maple bacon dog video.)
Funny Bacon Quotes
The subject of bacon is always good for generating smiles, giggles and squeals of laughter.
“Yes, I’ll have a non-fat, decaf latte, please. Oh, what the hell? Look, make it a full-fat mocha with extra whipped cream. What the hell, put a slice of bacon on it!” – Kelsey Grammer as Dr. Frasier Crane, Frasier
“Slicing a warm slab of bacon is a lot like giving a ferret a shave. No matter how careful you are, somebody’s going to get hurt.” – Alton Brown
“Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon.”— Doug Larson
“Life is too short not to order the bacon dessert.” – George Takei, actor
Celebrity Bacon Quotes
Wealthy celebrities can have their pick of culinary delights, but for many it’s the flavor of bacon that makes it worth getting out of bed in the morning.
“Breakfast is my specialty. I admit it’s the easiest meal to cook, but I make everything with a twist, like lemon ricotta pancakes or bacon that’s baked instead of fried.” – Hugh Jackman
“My favorite meal would have to be good old-fashioned eggs, over easy, with bacon.” – Gary Oldman
“There have been a few occurrences where people in restaurants have sent me a rasher of bacon, which I am not going to turn my nose up at. I never let them down.” – Nick Offerman
“I love super crispy, almost burned, snapping-crispy bacon.” – David Lynch, film director
“You pretty much can’t get away from bacon or whiskey in the South. Put a doughnut in it and you’d be good to go.” – Hillary Scott, singer/songwriter
“You know, it’s hard to beat bacon at any time of day.” – Nick Offerman
Jim Gaffigan on Bacon
Hungry for Jim Gaffigan quotes about bacon? Some of the comedian’s best jokes are about our favorite savory meat. You can even watch a roundup of his funniest bacon bits (no pun intended) with this Jim Gaffigan “BACON!” video on YouTube.
“You can’t tell me some of the success of Kevin Bacon isn’t somehow tied to his name. After all, nobody wants to see a Kevin Tofu movie.” – Jim Gaffigan
“Bacon’s the best. Even the frying of bacon sounds like applause.” – Jim Gaffigan
“You wanna know how good bacon is? To improve other foods, they wrap it in bacon.” – Jim Gaffigan
“Bacon bits are like the fairy dust of the food community.” – Jim Gaffigan
Classic Bacon Quotes
Authors, historic figures and politicians weigh in on the glories of crispy, delightful bacon.
“Nothing helps scenery like bacon and eggs.” – Mark Twain
“The universal food of the people of Texas, both rich and poor, seems to be corn-dodger and fried bacon.” – Frederick Law Olmstead
“Bacon. Let’s talk about bacon. There’s no meat more glorious than bacon.” – Rob Manuel
“Consider the silent repose of the sausage as compared to the aggressiveness of bacon.” – Tom Robbins
“Who can not appreciate the smell of bacon?” — Tony Cardenas, U.S. Congressman
Quotes About Cooking Bacon
From chefs to cookbook authors to food bloggers, bacon is the ingredient that adds so much flavor to food it’s quote-worthy!
“I always use my ‘Holy Trinity’, which is salt, olive oil and bacon. My motto is, ‘bacon always makes it better.’ I try to use bacon and pork products whenever I can.” — Anne Burrell
“Want to be the most popular person at a party? Bring a bacon appetizer. It’s a scientifically proven fact that bacon snacks get eaten first. Hummus doesn’t stand a chance.” – Eliza Cross
“I think we love bacon because it has all the qualities of an amazing sensory experience. When we cook it, the sizzling sound is so appetizing, the aroma is maddening, the crunch of the texture is so gratifying and the taste delivers every time.” – Alexandra Guarnaschelli
“Butter, cream, and bacon. That’s such a great foundation right there.” – Ree Drummond, The Pioneer Woman
“My wife is a terrific Southern cook. My favorite of all the great things she cooks is ‘trash potatoes.’ That’s mashed potatoes with sour cream, bacon, cheddar cheese, and horseradish. It’s a total gut bomb.” – Mike Vogel, actor
“I’ve long said that if I were about to be executed and were given a choice of my last meal, it would be bacon and eggs. There are few sights that appeal to me more than the streaks of lean and fat in a good side of bacon, or the lovely round of pinkish meat framed in delicate white fat that is Canadian bacon. Nothing is quite as intoxicating as the smell of bacon frying in the morning, save perhaps the smell of coffee brewing.” – James Beard
Homer Simpson Bacon Quotes
Mmmm… bacon! America’s favorite TV dad has plenty to say about the joys of crispy, savory bacon:
Homer: “I’ll have the smiley face breakfast special. Uhh, but could you add a bacon nose? Plus bacon hair, bacon mustache, five o’clock shadow made of bacon bits and a bacon body.” Waitress: “How about I just shove a pig down your throat?” (Homer looks excited.) Waitress: “I was kidding.” Homer: “Fine, but the bacon man lives in a bacon house!”
“You know that feeling you get when a thousand knives of fire are stabbing you in the heart? I’m having that right now… Ooh, bacon!” – Homer Simpson
“Not again! First you took away my Philly Fudgesteak. And then my Bacon Balls. Then my Whatchamachicken. You monster!” – Homer Simpson
“When you’re in my house you shall do as I do and believe who I believe in. So Bart, butter your bacon.” – Homer Simpson
“Pork chops and bacon, my two favorite animals.” – Homer Simpson
How About You?
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