882 private quotes tagged food

“Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food to the body.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“I want my food dead. Not sick, not dying, dead.” — Oscar Wilde

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“I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food.” — W.C. Fields

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“Animals that we eat are raised for food in the most economical way possible, and the serious food producers do it in the most humane way possible. I think anyone who is a carnivore needs to understand that meat does not originally come in these neat little packages.” — Julia Child

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“You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six.” — Yogi Berra

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“Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage.” — Woody Allen

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“Even when a person has all of life's comforts - good food, good shelter, a companion - he or she can still become unhappy when encountering a tragic situation.” — Dalai Lama

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“Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.” — Mark Twain

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“Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive.” — George Bernard Shaw

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“A waffle is like a pancake with a syrup trap.” — Mitch Hedberg

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“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” — J. R. R. Tolkien

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“Eating rice cakes is like chewing on a foam coffee cup, only less filling.” — Dave Barry

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“I like refried beans. That's why I wanna try fried beans, because maybe they're just as good and we're just wasting time. You don't have to fry them again after all.” — Mitch Hedberg

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“Revenge is barren of itself: it is the dreadful food it feeds on its delight is murder, and its end is despair.” — Friedrich Schiller

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“The food here is terrible, and the portions are too small.” — Woody Allen

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“There is no sincerer love than the love of food.” — George Bernard Shaw

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“The class of citizens who provide at once their own food and their own raiment, may be viewed as the most truly independent and happy.” — James Madison

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“Innovations that are guided by smallholder farmers, adapted to local circumstances, and sustainable for the economy and environment will be necessary to ensure food security in the future.” — Bill Gates

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“Animals are my friends... and I don't eat my friends.” — George Bernard Shaw

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“In a drama of the highest order there is little food for censure or hatred it teaches rather self-knowledge and self-respect.” — Percy Bysshe Shelley

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“We begin to see, therefore, the importance of selecting our environment with the greatest of care, because environment is the mental feeding ground out of which the food that goes into our minds is extracted.” — Napoleon Hill

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“You know, if I listened to Michael Dukakis long enough, I would be convinced we're in an economic downturn and people are homeless and going without food and medical attention and that we've got to do something about the unemployed.” — Ronald Reagan

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“I'm at the age where food has taken the place of sex in my life. In fact, I've just had a mirror put over my kitchen table.” — Rodney Dangerfield

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“If music be the food of love, play on.” — William Shakespeare

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“And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul.” — Plato

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