115 quotes found
“Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are.”
“Better halfe a loafe than no bread.”
“The proof of the pudding is in the eating.”
“Thou shouldst eat to live not live to eat.”
“The nearer the bone the sweeter the meat.”
“I want every peasant to have a chicken in his pot on Sundays.”
“When I demanded of my friend what viands he preferred He quoth: "A large cold bottle and a small hot bird!"”
“Let us eat and drink for tomorrow we shall die.”
“For a man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.”
“Man shall not live by bread alone”
“The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.”
“Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.”
“He hath eaten me out of house and home.”
“Worse than talking with a mouthful, is gossiping with a mouthful!”
“I am thankful when I am hungry because then I know that when I eat, the food will taste better. Life has taught me that my true contentment rests in hope, and the pleasure itself is secondary. It i...”
“Mámá was fond of saying that nothing tastes as good as skinny feels—an aphorism I was pretty sure she'd cribbed from the thinspiration sites she subscribed to online—but I believed that anyone who ...”
“Even if you can’t be totally mindful at every meal, if you can say a blessing, silently if necessary, or offer up a prayer for someone, something beyond yourself and your food, the prayer helps to ...”
“By becoming aware of God’s Spirit, by slowing down and paying attention to the tastes and sounds and smells of the food we make and eat, we infuse our meals—and by extension our hearts—with a sense...”
“Nicole had put on weight. This is the effect which, in three cases out of four, unhappiness has upon women. The process of eating guarantees at least the health of the body.”
“To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.”
