42 Fun Picnic Quotes and Sayings for Your Next Outdoor Meal
It is always enjoyable to have a picnic with friends or family, so we have put together a list of all the best picnic quotes to help you share those happy moments.
And if you’re looking for short picnic sayings for Instagram, we also have you covered.
Now go ahead and browse through to find your favorite.
Short Picnic Quotes for Instagram
“Among the delights of Summer were picnics to the woods.” — George Brandes
“Nothing is better than a picnic.” — Zooey Deschanel
“Dinner and a movie, forget that, I’d rather have a picnic and a waterfall.” — Amanda Grace
“I’m not opposed to a fancy meal, but I’ll take a picnic any day… food and nature? Sign me up.” — Ryan Paevey
“If ants are such busy workers, how come they find time to go to all the picnics?” — Marie Dressler
“A picnic may well be a metaphor for life.” — P. D. James
“Picnics enable you to be outside, eat fun finger food, and enjoy the greatest of pastimes: People-watching.” — Gregg Wallace
“The sandy beach reminded Harold of picnics. And the thought of picnics made him hungry. So he laid out a nice simple picnic lunch. There was nothing but pie.” — Crockett Johnson
“Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic.” — W. H. Auden
“I was still too much of a fledgling with people to understand that, in the long run, nobody is a picnic and that I was no picnic myself.” — Philip Roth
“As a diabetic, I’m a walking picnic. I have to eat measured amounts of food at certain times.” — Elaine Stritch
“A picnic is an escape from the hustle and bustle of everyday life, a time to relax and enjoy the simplicity of nature.” — Raymond Blanc
“Just to lie on the grass under tall trees, to lie there while the chilled breeze sweeps over you, with the distant sounds of nature, is utter relaxation.” — Elizabeth Lawrence
“At a picnic, relaxation is as essential as the blanket.” — Rick Bayless
“Life needs more spaces where we can kick off our shoes, lay back, and enjoy peace.” — Nigella Lawson
“On a picnic, time is suspended as if the world’s hustle has paused for your tranquility.” — Jose Andres
“Find yourself a delightful spot, spread your picnic blanket, and forget the world awhile.” — Emeril Lagasse
“Gratitude turns what we have into enough, and a picnic shows us we have more than enough.” — Alice Waters
“Thankful for this moment, this meal, and this sunshine.” — José Andrés
“Every picnic with friends is a reminder of how rich my life is.” — Julia Child
“A simple meal outdoors is a banquet of gratitude.” — Gordon Ramsay
“The earth laughs with joy at a picnic.” — Picnic Makers
“Create a life you love, so you never need a vacation from it – just a picnic.” — Picnic Makers
“A picnic is more than eating a meal, it is a pleasurable state of mind.” — DeeDee Stovel
“Unless you are at a picnic, life is no picnic.” — Jane Wagner
“The examined life is no picnic.” — Robert Fulghum
“The things that make me happiest in the whole world are going on the occasional picnic, either with my children or with my partner; big family gatherings; and being able to go to the grocery store – if I can get those things in, I’m doing good.” — Kate Winslet
“If the rain spoils our picnic, but saves a farmer’s crop, who are we to say it shouldn’t rain?” — Tom Barrett
“I’ve liked lots of people ’til I went on a picnic jaunt with them.” — Bess Truman
“There’s something so intimate about a picnic with your guy. And as the temperature begins to rise, eating outside becomes refreshing and romantic.” — Katie Lee
“My perfect day would be to go on a picnic up Mt. Wilson with Christopher Isherwood, Greta Garbo, Aldous Huxley, and Bertrand Russell.” — Jane Fitch
“People don’t want to go to the dump and have a picnic, they want to go out to a beautiful place and enjoy their day. And so I think our job is to try to take the environment, take what the good Lord has given us, and expand upon it or enhance it, without destroying it.” — Jack Nicklaus
“There are few things so pleasant as a picnic lunch eaten in perfect comfort.” — W. Somerset Maugham
“Things taste better outdoors. And if it’s a forbidden thing, so much the better.” — Franny Billingsley
“Picnics are very dear to those who are in the first stage of the tender passion.” — Arthur Conan Doyle
“Tea to the English is really a picnic indoors.” — Alice Walker
“Anyone who thinks that the climbing of Denali is a picnic is badly mistaken.” — Hudson Stuck
“You bring your own weather to the picnic.” — Harlan Coben
“One compensation of old age is that it excuses you from picnics.” — William Feather
“Picnics are the perfect way to slow down and savor the moment.” — Deborah Madison
“There is something magical about eating outside, where the sky is your ceiling and the earth your table.” — M.F.K. Fisher
“A picnic is not just about food, it’s about the company and the connection with nature.” — Alice Waters
