882 private quotes tagged food

“Quarreling over food and drink, having neither scruples nor shame, not knowing right from wrong, not trying to avoid death or injury, not fearful of greater strength or of greater numbers, greedily aware only of food and drink - such is the bravery of the dog and boar.” — Xun Zi

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“There is no way that writers can be tamed and rendered civilized or even cured. The only solution known to science is to provide the patient with an isolation room, where he can endure the acute stages in private and where food can be poked in to him with a stick.” — Robert A. Heinlein

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“When I come home from a shoot, I'd rather reheat food I've made than eat takeout.” — Ted Allen

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“Their life is about getting enough money to put food on the table to feed their children, and that's it.” — Ellen Burstyn

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“I hate to say it, but the older you get, you really do have to cut down on the amount you eat. Less food and less portions.” — Jackee Harry

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“It's fun to have money, but the more money I get, the less interesting it becomes. If you don't have very much, you have to think about it. If you are starving, you become interested in food. If you are struggling to pay the bills, money becomes tragically important.” — Sebastian Junger

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“It has long been known for sure that the sight of tasty food makes a hungry man's mouth water also lack of appetite has always been regarded as an undesirable phenomenon, from which one might conclude that appetite is essentially linked with the process of digestion.” — Ivan Pavlov

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“LOVE: A word properly applied to our delight in particular kinds of food sometimes metaphorically spoken of the favorite objects of all our appetites.” — Henry Fielding

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“The food in the House of Commons is fairly good. The cafe in Portcullis House is really very high quality, and you also have a choice of eating in the more traditional restaurants, the Churchill Room or the Members' Dining Room. I don't often eat in them, though, as I'm usually on the run.” — Vince Cable

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“Part of my job as a food writer is to describe food. So my work on 'Top Chef,' I feel, is an extension of that. When we give a criticism to the contestant, we want to make sure we tell them why it's not working and why it would work if they did it a different way.” — Padma Lakshmi

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“Never eat while doing something else, because you won't get the satisfaction from your food and you'll be more likely to overeat.” — Bethenny Frankel

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“I think steak is the ultimate comfort food, and if you're going out for one, that isn't the time to scrimp on calories or quality.” — Tom Colicchio

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“As long as the food is well prepared and not overdone, I think it tastes good. It doesn't matter if it's Chinese, Japanese, anything.” — Martin Yan

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“I suppose women are attracted to the bad-boy image sometimes because it's fun to have an adventure. It's like eating junk food... it's fun at the time, but ultimately not the best choice.” — Dita Von Teese

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“I will never forget experiencing Venice for the first time. It feels like you are transported to another time - the art, music, food and pure romance in the air is like no other place.” — Elizabeth Berkley

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“End-of-the-world stories tend to ring true. I've always been drawn to them, but as I wrote my own, I found surprising pleasure in creating a world that is so radically changed, yet where there's so much meaning and value in every small and ordinary thing we have, and take for granted: hot showers, enough food, friends, routines.” — Karen Thompson Walker

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“President Obama is the most successful food stamp president in American history. I would like to be the most successful paycheck president in American history.” — Newt Gingrich

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“I love dogs. They live in the moment and don't care about anything except affection and food. They're loyal and happy. Humans are just too d--n complicated.” — David Duchovny

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“You're raising a kid and you give it food and shelter and, most importantly, you give it the feeling that it's special. I think people react to celebrities like that - I mean, they treat celebrities like children.” — David Duchovny

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“The kitchen's a laboratory, and everything that happens there has to do with science. It's biology, chemistry, physics. Yes, there's history. Yes, there's artistry. Yes, to all of that. But what happened there, what actually happens to the food is all science.” — Alton Brown

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“To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.” — Barbara Tuchman

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“I'm the person who wouldn't send back my food even if I got steak when I'd ordered fish.” — Anna Kendrick

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“Well, first of all, we've got to get away from being offended by the truth. We've seen a 41 percent increase in food stamp recipients across the United States of America since President Obama was sworn in in January 2009. That has nothing to do with black, white, Hispanic or whatever. It's a fact, and we need to, you know, deal with that.” — Allen West

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“I'm trying to cut down a little on eating, on sodium, keep my blood pressure down, which is tough. Because I love food! I do, but it's unfair how everything that's bad for you tastes so good, and all the good stuff, veggies and green things, doesn't match up.” — Ice Cube

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“I cook a little bit. I make a Hungarian dish called chicken paprikash that's out of this world. I'll give a heads-up to all of your readers that it doesn't have to be between Thai and Mexican every night. Toss some Hungarian in every once in a while. You will not be sorry. Good, solid peasant food.” — Adam Carolla

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