Quotes by Food When you wake up in the morning, Pooh," said Piglet at last, "what's the first thing you say to yourself?" "What's for breakfast?" said Pooh. "What do you say, Piglet?" "I say, I wonder what's going to happen exciting today?" said Piglet. Pooh nodded thoughtfully. "It's the same thing," he said. A. A. Milne pigs food morning What I say is that, if a man really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow. A. A. Milne home-cooking food beauty And malt does more than Milton can to justify God's ways to man. A. E. Housman drinking food book They put arsenic in his meat And stared aghast to watch him eat; They poured strychnine in his cup And shook to see him drink it up. A. E. Housman meat cooking food An Englishman teaching an American about food is like the blind leading the one-eyed. A. J. Liebling teaching food travel The primary requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite. A. J. Liebling cooking writing food In the light of what Proust wrote with so mild a stimulus, it is the world's loss that he did not have a heartier appetite. On a dozen Gardiner's Island oysters, a bowl of clam chowder, a peck of steamers, some bay scallops, three sauteed soft-shelled crabs, a few ears of fresh picked corn, a thin swordfish steak of generous area, a pair of lobsters, and a Long Island Duck, he might have written a masterpiece. A. J. Liebling light loss food The difference between a gourmet and a gourmand we take to be this: a gourmet is he who selects, for his nice and learned delectation, the most choice delicacies, prepared in the most scientific manner; whereas the gourmand bears a closer analogy to that class of great eaters ill-naturedly (we dare say) denominated, or classed with, aldermen. Abraham Hayward nice class food His argument is as thin as the homeopathic soup that was made by oiling the shadow of a pigeon that had been starved to death. Abraham Lincoln shadow food war If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee. Abraham Lincoln coffee food book A first-rate soup is more creative than a second-rate painting. Abraham Maslow creativity creative food Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper. Adelle Davis funny-inspirational kings food We are indeed much more than what we eat, but what we eat can nevertheless help us to be much more than what we are. Adelle Davis funny-inspirational health food The longer I work in nutrition, the more convinced I become that for the healthy person all foods should be delicious. Adelle Davis healthy cooking food Food was celebration, conversation, and nourishment. The table is where the big decisions of the family are made and all the arguing takes place. Adriana Trigiani decision tables food A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety. Aesop stress food peace Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear. Aesop fear food peace Forcing people to eat together is an effective way to promote tolerance. Alain de Botton tolerance food people Desserts are like mistresses. They are bad for you. So if you are having one, you might as well have two. Alain Ducasse mistress food two New York waiters, probably the surliest in the Western world . . . are better images of their city than that journalistic favorite the taxi driver. Alan Brien cities new-york food 1234567891011»
