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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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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“Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the soul bears the body, so God endures the world. Just as the soul sees but is not seen, so God sees but is not seen. Just as the soul feeds the body, so God gives food to the world.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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

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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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“I know a man who gave up smoking, drinking, sex, and rich food. He was healthy right up to the day he killed himself.” — Johnny Carson

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