Brunch Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old brunch quotes, brunch sayings, and brunch proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Most brunches will call for just a single dinner plate to be placed at each place: for some foods, these may be heated in the kitchen and brought to the table with food on them after the guests are seated. Irma S. Rombauer
Some hot breakfast and brunch dishes such as eggs, pancakes, and waffles benefit from being served on heated plates. Irma S. Rombauer
More than any other time of the day, we look to breakfast and brunch to revive and refresh ourselves. Irma S. Rombauer
Brunch, singing siren songs of bacon, alcohol, and attractive-yet-aloof waitstaff. Rico Gagliano
'Brunch!' scream chalkboards propped up outside every restaurant and cafe, in every city in the Western world, every weekend morning. Rico Gagliano
This horrible day-destroying meal was only invented in the first place so restaurateurs could sell leftovers from the previous night's dinner service before it rotted. So brunch is literally made of unloved things. Rico Gagliano
Fo many, brunch is a part of that tourist experience. If it's relatively quick, it can be useful and fuel for doing other things. Shawn Micallef
If eating and hosting brunch are about having a good time, making brunch should be a lot of fun, too. Gale Gand
Brunch lends itself to feeling casual and laid-back, though it can still definitely be a celebration. Gale Gand
Brunch is cheerful, sociable, and inciting. It is task-compelling. It puts you in a good temper, it makes you satisfied with yourself and your fellow beings, it sweeps away the worries and cobwebs of the week. Peter Joseph
A special meal, often leisurely, occasionally decadent. A meal that's even celebrated by its own cocktails, such as the Bloody Mary or the Mimosa. Kit Wohl
Brunch is an opportunity to be a little naughty— or a lot extravagant— at the table. Kit Wohl
Brunch should feel like a treat, never an effort of rigid commitment. Lonely Planet Food
There is no other meal but brunch that can be stretched from 9am until 5pm, depending on who you are, your stage in life and what your mood dictates. Lonely Planet Food
Breakfast is a meal but brunch is a culture. Matt Basile
Brunch is something people get behind and believe in. It's habitual, it's comforting, and it has the power to let you indulge, allowing you to be you in the most liberating kind of way. Matt Basile
One of the main reasons I love breakfast and brunch so much is that it's the one meal where you can eat dessert as your whole meal. Waylynn Lucas
The fact that brunch is not on the everyday 'schedule' in the same way breakfast, lunch, and dinner are gives it an air of spontaneous, devil-may-care, unstructured abandon that we all deserve to indulge in from time to time. Lonely Planet Food
By eliminating the need to get up early on Sunday, brunch would make life brighter for Saturday night carousers. Lonely Planet Food
Brunch is such an odd thing. It was created by fat, lazy people who were too lazy to wake up at a reasonable hour and too fat to wait until the next proper time for dining. Brian South
I regard food as fuel. I am not a brunch person. David Rubenstein
At a brunch potluck, I realize that I do, in fact, hate everybody. Lena Dunham
Brunch is boring, but that's part of the charm of it. Nicolas Berggruen
I love brunch because it's breakfast and lunch why not. Lorena Garcia
The moment you've brought a toothbrush to work, then you're getting into crunch time. Freddie Wong
Brunch, a meal invented by rich white chicks to rationalize day drinking and bingeing on french toast. Caroline Kepnes
For me, brunch is such a versatile meal since you can play on both the sweet and savory in your dishes. Marcus Samuelsson
Brunch, for me, is an extended breakfast that should be enjoyed whenever you have time properly to engage in cooking and eating. Yotam Ottolenghi
I discovered a meal between breakfast and brunch. Homer