62+ Best Chicken Quotes: Exclusive Selection

Chicken is a type of bird kept on a farm for its eggs or its meat, or the meat of this bird that is cooked and eaten. Inspirational chicken quotes will fire up your brain and inspire you to look at life differently while making you laugh.

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Famous Chicken Quotes

And believe me, a good piece of chicken can make anybody believe in the existence of God. Sherman Alexie.

The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it. Arnold H. Glasow

Do you eat chicken because you are familiar with the scientific literature on them and have decided that their suffering doesn’t matter, or do you do it because it tastes good? Jonathan Safran Foer

I was eating in a Chinese restaurant downtown. There was a dish called Mother and Child Reunion. It’s chicken and eggs. And I said, I gotta use that one. Paul Simon

I can’t count the times that upon telling someone I am vegetarian, he or she responded by pointing out an inconsistency in my lifestyle or trying to find a flaw in an argument I never made. Jonathan Safran Foer

My diet is mostly chicken and fish. I make sure I get a lot of vegetables, a lot of fruit. I am a big fruit man, I am a vegetable man anyway. And I also get a lot of rest. That’s the key I may be up early, but I’m in bed early too. Magic Johnson

One day I’d love a house in the country, with some chickens, dogs, and kids. Katie McGrath

A healthy diet includes meals rich in whole grains, vegetables, nuts and fruits. Lean protein such as fish and chicken are recommended, and processed meats, such as bologna or cured ham and bacon, should be avoided. Margaret Cuomo

We all like chicken. Malcolm X

I’ve been eating honey since I was young. I’ve been putting it on everything. I put it on fried chicken, put it on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, I put it on my cereal. What else do I put honey on? I put honey on my face. Man, honey is the essential item to life. DeAndre Hopkins

I’m not really a chicken patty kinda  girl. Rhoda Janzen.

Snoop Dogg eats terrible. That’s another reason I had to leave him. I would have been dead of a heart attack. He literally eats at 7-11. That’s where he does his grocery shopping or it’s Roscoe’s Chicken & Waffles, or it’s Denny’s delivery. There’s not a piece of salad or vegetable within two miles of this dude. Tyrus

Religion is no more the parent of morality than an incubator is the mother of a chicken. Lemuel K. Washburn

I like to eat Wheaties Fuel for breakfast with fresh fruit and egg whites. For lunch, I like to eat my wife’s homerun chicken, which is chicken, rice and vegetables, and for dinner I eat grilled steak or a couple of chicken breasts with rice and vegetables. During the day, I drink OhYeah! protein shakes as a snack. Albert Pujols

If you have a rural property, you may have an outbuilding that can be converted into a chicken house. Christine Heinrichs

In order to have good fried chicken, you should wash and season the bird the morning you’re preparing it for dinner. Don’t wait and do it right before you start cooking. Throw it in the refrigerator, seasoned, that morning, and give it a chance to soak up all the salt and pepper and goodness. Paula Deen

Regard it as just as desirable to build a chicken house as to build a cathedral. Frank Lloyd Wright

To me, the most romantic gesture is a quiet night with my girl. I like to cook for her. I’m a meat eater and a griller I do steaks, I do chicken, I do fish. I have a broad palate! Taylor Kinney

When your mama was the geek, my dreamlets, Papa would say, she made the nipping off of noggins such a crystal mystery that the hens themselves yearned toward her, waltzing around her, hypnotized with longing. Katherine Dunn

In order to have good fried chicken, you should wash and season the bird the morning you’re preparing it for dinner. Don’t wait and do it right before you start cooking. Throw it in the refrigerator, seasoned, that morning, and give it a chance to soak up all the salt and pepper and goodness. Paula Deen

Pride’s chickens have bonny feathers, but they are an expensive brood to rear. They eat up everything, and are always lean when brought to market. Alexander Smith

I’m such a fitness freak that I eat so plain, it’s gross. I have oatmeal in the morning and then I have chicken breasts and vegetables and spinach shakes. Jake Shears

We can see a thousand miracles around us every day. What is more supernatural than an egg yolk turning into a chicken? S. Parkes Cadman

I became a vegetarian in 1995. I had some fried chicken, and my teeth hit the bone. My mind said, ‘Dead bird, dead bird. It didn’t feel right, so I stopped. I kept eating fish until one day, in 1997, the chef brought my ginger fried snapper with the head still on it. Rza

The difference between involvement and commitment is like an egg and ham breakfast the chicken was involved the pig was committed. Martina Navratilova.

I got the script for Real Steel. I started reading and saw that it was about robot boxing, and I was immediately turned off. It’s not my thing. But I continued on, and by the time I got to the end of the script, I had chicken skin and tears in my eyes. I thought, ‘Man, we don’t make movies like this anymore.’ Evangeline Lilly

Eat fried chicken every day, as the angels go sailing by. Ella Fitzgerald

One of my favorites is chilaquiles. It’s corn tortilla chips in a simple, brothy tomato sauce with a little chile for heat. It’s wonderfully homey. It has irresistible crispy bits and I love to eat it. And you can play around with it add chicken, sliced red onions, or all these different things that can easily dress it up. Rick Bayless

If you know somethin well, you can always paint it but people would be better off buyin chickens. Grandma Moses

I think it’s fun to serve comfort food because it’s an instant ice breaker. If somebody’s expecting fancy food, and you whip out some fried chicken, they feel like, you know, they can put their elbows on the table, and the etiquette police aren’t going to come out. Katie Lee

It may be the cock that crows, but it is the hen that lays the eggs. Margaret Thatcher

If you salt a chicken the day before cooking, it starts to break down the cell structure of the meat and allows it to take on more flavor and actually helps it to stay more moist. Same goes for a steak, a pork chop. A lot of people brine; we preseason. Michael Symon

Chicken are birds, so they are covered with feathers, like most birds. Rachel Smith

Gribenes have been referred to as Jewish popcorn or kosher pork rinds. It’s basically chicken skin fried in schmaltz. They’re crispy and mixed with fried onions. I’m telling you, when you have it with chopped liver, it’s the most incredible thing because you get this crunch and this surge of chicken flavor. David Sax

If you cannot catch a bird of paradise, better take a wet hen. Nikita Khrushchev

There was some scene in The Blues Brothers movie, when they had the chicken wire across the front of the stage, and it was almost like that. They had a big guard rail around the stage, which kept the college kids from getting on we had some good times. William Bell

There are days when I am envious of my hens. when I hunger for a purpose as perfect and sure as a single daily egg. Barbara Kingsolver

Prophets of doom have always taken risks in terms of ridicule and humiliation. If you stand on a street corner holding up a sign that reads ‘The End Is Near,’ passersby will laugh and heckle. People will say you’re like Chicken Little, running around telling people the sky is falling. Robert Kiyosaki

Love, like a chicken salad or restaurant hash, must be taken with blind faith or it loses its flavor. Helen Rowland

The first time I met Beyonce she was about 18 years old, sitting in a makeup chair eating fried chicken, and I knew it was only a matter of time before everyone would know her name. Gayle King

People who count their chickens before they are hatched act very wisely because chickens run about so absurdly that it is impossible to count them accurately. Oscar Wilde

I’m a taco guy, so I like Mexican food, and any form of a taco, I’m going to eat it. During the season, I’ll make it a grilled chicken taco. But after the season, give me a regular beef taco and fill it to capacity. I need meat, cheese, sour cream, lettuce, pico de gallo, and everything you got. Iman Shumpert

I haven’t changed. My family and I live as we did in South Spain. I’ve had loud music, chickens, birds, and a bull in my backyard. Charo.

We’ll do frozen pizzas and then I’ll get arugula from the garden and do a fresh salad over the top with shaved Parmesan. Or we’ll buy a rotisserie chicken already made, and then we’ll make tacos and a fresh salsa and we’ll grill some vegetables to accompany it. We definitely try to make it a little bit homemade if it’s not completely homemade. Marcela Valladolid

Chicken salad has a certain glamour about it. Like the little black dress, it is chic and adaptable anywhere. Laurie Colwin

I always have parmigiano reggiano, olive oil and pasta at home. When people get sick, they want chicken soup; I want spaghetti with parmesan cheese, olive oil and a bit of lemon zest. It makes me feel better every time. Isabella Rossellini

I feel like a carton of eggs holding up an elephant. Sherman Alexie

I’m not a big chicken or meat eater, but sometimes I’ll eat it if it’s locally raised. The family dinner will be stir fry, or we’ll roll our own sushi with brown rice, spinach, salmon, sesame oil, sesame seeds, and seaweed. The kids love it! Alysia Reiner

Chick survival or mortality was mostly age related, with high mortality of chicks observed during the first five weeks of age.Timothy

A juicy chicken breast can be the perfect accompaniment to a classic Caesar salad or a club sandwich. It’s also easy to cook, and can be as simple as dressing it with a few spices and popping in the oven. Marcus Samuelsson

The networks are not some chicken coop manufacturing lobby whose calls nobody returns. Ralph Nader

Cook ingredients that you are used to cooking by other techniques, such as fish, chicken, or hamburgers. In other words be comfortable with the ingredients you are using. Bobby Flay

Life was just a tire swing. Blackberry pickin, eatin’ fried chicken. Jimmy Buffett

I worked in a chicken factory, in a steel foundry, I worked on the bins for a year or so. It started as a summer job, but I stayed on because I liked it very much. I liked it that it made you very fit, doing all the lifting and that, so I could wear short-sleeved t-shirts, which I’d never been able to do before! Bob Mortimer

I love chicken. I would eat chicken fingers on Thanksgiving if it were socially acceptable. Todd Barry

I don’t know whether endurance sports attract obsessional people, or training for endurance sports makes people obsessional it’s the chicken and the egg. Alistair Brownlee

It is not unprofessional to give free legal advice, but advertising that the first visit will be free is a bit like a fox telling chickens he will not bite them until they cross the threshold of the hen house. Warren E. Burger

I grew up in Chicago with a single mother. I’m the youngest of six kids, and my older siblings are much older than me. When your siblings are that much older, you never get to ride in the front seat of the car, you never get the chicken breast. Mellody Hobson

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost. Susanna Moodie

Unlike chicken, duck breast has a hue and texture akin to that of red meat and is safe to consume medium-rare, so bring on the pink. Perfectly cooked duck breast will have moist and juicy meat, with a luscious and crunchy skin. Sohla El Waylly