Quotes with eating

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  • Ben Stein Greed is a basic part of animal nature. Being against it is like being against breathing or eating. It means nothing.
    Ben Stein
    American professor, writer
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  • Fred A. Allen He dreamed he was eating shredded wheat and woke up to find the mattress half gone.
    Fred A. Allen
    American comic (1894 - 1956)
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  • Edith Wharton I despair of the Republic! Such dreariness, such whining sallow women, such utter absence of the amenities, such crass food, crass manners, crass landscape!! What a horror it is for a whole nation to be developing without the sense of beauty, and eating bananas for breakfast.
    Edith Wharton
    American Author (1862 - 1937)
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  • Orson Welles I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts.
    Orson Welles
    American film maker (1915 - 1985)
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  • Winston Churchill I have never developed indigestion from eating my words.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • Ali ibn Abi Talib I was not created to be occupied by eating delicious foods like tied up cattle.
    Ali ibn Abi Talib
    Cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (601 - 661)
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  • Brooke Burke I've always been a person that believes in eating often and eating smart, clean meals.
    Brooke Burke
    American actress, dancer, model (1971 - )
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  • John Updike If men do not keep on speaking terms with children, they cease to be men, and become merely machines for eating and for earning money.
    John Updike
    American writer and criticus (1932 - 2009)
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  • Orson Welles If there hadn't been women we'd still be squatting in a cave eating raw meat, because we made civilization in order to impress our girl friends. And they tolerated it and let us go ahead and play with our toys.
    Orson Welles
    American film maker (1915 - 1985)
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  • Bee Wilson If we are going to change our diets, we first have to relearn the art of eating, which is a question of psychology as much as nutrition. We have to find a way to want to eat what's good for us.
    Bee Wilson
    British food writer, journalist and historian
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  • Leigh Hunt If you ever have to support a flagging conversation, introduce the topic of eating.
    Leigh Hunt
    British poet, essaywriter (1784 - 1859)
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  • Mao Tse-Tung If you want to know the taste of a pear, you must change the pear by eating it yourself. If you want to know the theory and methods of revolution, you must take part in revolution. All genuine knowledge originates in direct experience.
    Mao Tse-Tung
    Chinese politician (1893 - 1976)
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  • Bernie Sanders In 49 countries around the world, including all of Europe, people have the opportunity of knowing whether or not they are eating food which contains genetically engineered ingredients. In the United States, we don't.
    Bernie Sanders
    American politician (1941 - )
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  • Carl Honore In our fast-forward culture, we have lost the art of eating well. Food is often little more than fuel to pour down the hatch while doing other stuff - surfing the Web, driving, walking along the street. Dining al desko is now the norm in many workplaces. All of this speed takes a toll. Obesity, eating disorders and poor nutrition are rife.
    Carl Honore
    Canadian journalist (1967 - )
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  • Bee Wilson In the right circumstances, I'm a big fan of eating alone. Often, on a Sunday evening, I go to a yoga class whose charm is largely that it gives me an alibi to avoid cooking family supper for once. I return to have boiled eggs and soldiers in silence with a book. Bliss.
    Bee Wilson
    British food writer, journalist and historian
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  • Beatrix Potter It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is 'soporific'.
    Beatrix Potter
    English writer, illustrator and conservationist (1866 - 1943)
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  • Epictetus It is the sign of a dull mind to dwell upon the cares of the body, to prolong exercise, eating and drinking and other bodily functions. These things are best done by the way; all your attention must be given to the mind.
    Epictetus
    Roman philosopher (50 - 130)
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  • Alexander Theroux It's true, you can never eat a pet you name. And anyway, it would be like a ventriloquist eating his dummy.
    Alexander Theroux
    American novelist and poet
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  • Carre Otis Just because you're a different size doesn't mean you're sitting on the couch eating bonbons all day long watching TV.
    Carre Otis
    American model and actress (1968 - )
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  • P. J. O'Rourke Maybe a nation that consumes as much booze and dope as we do and has our kind of divorce statistics should pipe down about ''character issues.'' Either that or just go ahead and determine the presidency with three-legged races and pie-eating contests. It would make better TV.
    P. J. O'Rourke
    American journalist (1947 - )
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