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Eating Quotes

"I was not created to be occupied by eating delicious foods like tied up cattle."

"I was not created to be occupied by eating delicious foods like tied up cattle."

Ali ibn Abi Talib, Arab Clergyman

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"Maybe there is no actual place called hell. Maybe hell is just having to listen to our grandparents breathe through their noses when they're eating sandwiches."

"Maybe there is no actual place called hell. Maybe hell is just having to listen to our grandparents breathe through their noses when they're eating sandwiches."

Jim Carrey, Canadian Comedian

Eating, Grandparents, Hell, Noses

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"Never interrupt me when I'm eating a banana."

"Never interrupt me when I'm eating a banana."

Ryan Stiles, American Actor

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"Dinner was made for eating, not for talking."

"Dinner was made for eating, not for talking."

William Makepeace Thackeray, English Novelist

Eating, Talking

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"I don't go long without eating. I never starve myself: I grab a healthy snack."

"I don't go long without eating. I never starve myself: I grab a healthy snack."

Vanessa Hudgens, American Actress

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"I can't walk by chocolate without eating it."

"I can't walk by chocolate without eating it."

Malin Akerman, Swedish Actress

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"I started working around eigth grade. I remember doing a Doritos commercial where there were four days in a row of eating them, and I will tell you, I have not eaten many Doritos since."

"I started working around eigth grade. I remember doing a Doritos commercial where there were four days in a row of eating them, and I will tell you, I have not eaten many Doritos since."

Tobey Maguire, American Actor

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"Now I know that that is just the phenomena of eating this way. Most all of my letters say I hit a plateau and then one morning I woke up and the melt had happened."

"Now I know that that is just the phenomena of eating this way. Most all of my letters say I hit a plateau and then one morning I woke up and the melt had happened."

Suzanne Somers, American Actress

Eating, Letters, Now

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"You get so weak from eating pears that you fall down, and then they come and take you away on a stretcher."

"You get so weak from eating pears that you fall down, and then they come and take you away on a stretcher."

Oliver Reed, English Actor

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"I realistically eat every hour and 15 minutes. I watch the clock to see when I eat again. I'm almost upset that I'm not eating now."

"I realistically eat every hour and 15 minutes. I watch the clock to see when I eat again. I'm almost upset that I'm not eating now."

Michael Todd, American Producer

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"At this point, I wouldn't be able to digest meat, and I don't like eating things with faces."

"At this point, I wouldn't be able to digest meat, and I don't like eating things with faces."

Joely Fisher, American Actress

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"If it weren't for Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of television, we'd still be eating frozen radio dinners."

"If it weren't for Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of television, we'd still be eating frozen radio dinners."

Johnny Carson, American Comedian

Eating, Television

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"Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half."

"Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half."

Charles de Montesquieu, French Philosopher

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"Basically, though, I believe in eating well, not eating too much but eating a variety of foods."

"Basically, though, I believe in eating well, not eating too much but eating a variety of foods."

Joan Collins, American Actress

Eating, Variety

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"You've got bad eating habits if you use a grocery cart in 7-Eleven."

"You've got bad eating habits if you use a grocery cart in 7-Eleven."

Dennis Miller, American Comedian

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"Don't bother me while I'm eating, or when I'm coming out of the crackhouse or something. Just let me get going."

"Don't bother me while I'm eating, or when I'm coming out of the crackhouse or something. Just let me get going."

Wanda Sykes, American Comedian

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"I made a lot of friends over the years and I would always look at what they were eating. All of them were skinny. I would think that I would like to eat like that."

"I made a lot of friends over the years and I would always look at what they were eating. All of them were skinny. I would think that I would like to eat like that."

Suzanne Somers, American Actress

Eating, Friends, Years

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"I prefer the Chinese method of eating. You can do anything at the table except arm wrestle."

"I prefer the Chinese method of eating. You can do anything at the table except arm wrestle."

Jeff Smith, American Entertainer

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"Am I eating chicken or tuna?"

"Am I eating chicken or tuna?"

Jessica Simpson, American Musician

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"When I am full, I stop eating."

"When I am full, I stop eating."

Tyra Banks, American Model

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"When it comes to eating, you can sometimes help yourself more by helping yourself less."

"When it comes to eating, you can sometimes help yourself more by helping yourself less."

Richard Armour, American Poet

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"I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts."

"I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts."

Orson Welles, American Actor

Eating, Hate, Television

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"I've done the Rolling Stones eating each other."

"I've done the Rolling Stones eating each other."

Ralph Steadman, British Cartoonist

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"I don't believe you have to have eating disorders and mental illness to screw up."

"I don't believe you have to have eating disorders and mental illness to screw up."

Kirstie Alley, American Actress

Eating, Illness

25

"Zac Efron would make us feel guilty for eating big dinners. He'd say, "Do you really want to eat those carbs?" It was like, "Thanks a lot!""

"Zac Efron would make us feel guilty for eating big dinners. He'd say, "Do you really want to eat those carbs?" It was like, "Thanks a lot!""

Ashley Tisdale, American Actress

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"I am the one who got myself fat, who did all the eating. So I had to take full responsibility for it."

"I am the one who got myself fat, who did all the eating. So I had to take full responsibility for it."

Kirstie Alley, American Actress

Eating, Responsibility

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"And it's tough traveling. You know, the hotels and the airports and all that. That part, eating and getting around to the hotel room and then going on."

"And it's tough traveling. You know, the hotels and the airports and all that. That part, eating and getting around to the hotel room and then going on."

Harvey Korman, American Actor

Eating, Traveling

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"You know an odd feeling? Sitting on the toilet eating a chocolate candy bar."

"You know an odd feeling? Sitting on the toilet eating a chocolate candy bar."

George Carlin, American Comedian

Eating, Feeling

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"Are you eating it? Or is it eating you?"

"Are you eating it? Or is it eating you?"

Larry Cohen, American Filmmaker

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"Eating coals of fire has always been one of the sensational feats of the Fire Kings, as it is quite generally known that charcoal burns with an extremely intense heat."

"Eating coals of fire has always been one of the sensational feats of the Fire Kings, as it is quite generally known that charcoal burns with an extremely intense heat."

Harry Houdini, Hungarian Entertainer

Eating, Fire, Kings

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"I never felt that getting angry would do you any good other than hurt your own digestion, keep you from eating, which I liked to do."

"I never felt that getting angry would do you any good other than hurt your own digestion, keep you from eating, which I liked to do."

Septima Clark, American Educator

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"But I don't want to lose touch with things like eating in Bob's Big Boy."

"But I don't want to lose touch with things like eating in Bob's Big Boy."

Drew Carey, American Actor

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"I am inclined to think that eating is a private thing and should be done alone, like other bodily functions."

"I am inclined to think that eating is a private thing and should be done alone, like other bodily functions."

Sylvia Ashton-Warner, New Zealander Educator

Eating, Newzealander

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"I was about five years old when I was eating soup in our kitchen, and as I was lifting the spoon towards my mouth, it bent and broke in half."

"I was about five years old when I was eating soup in our kitchen, and as I was lifting the spoon towards my mouth, it bent and broke in half."

Uri Geller, Israeli Entertainer

Eating, Kitchen, Old, Years

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"He who looks in the crystal ball ends up eating glass... They're way, way close."

"He who looks in the crystal ball ends up eating glass... They're way, way close."

Mary Matalin, American Celebrity

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"The sun would come up over the ocean, and we'd be eating scrambled eggs before we shot some stuff. It was a vacation in the sense that it was the best working conditions."

"The sun would come up over the ocean, and we'd be eating scrambled eggs before we shot some stuff. It was a vacation in the sense that it was the best working conditions."

Marguerite Moreau, American Actress

Eating, Ocean, Sense, Sun

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"I remember seeing the song in some diners on the selection gadget that plays records at the table while you were eating. We were never told if the songs ever got on any charts."

"I remember seeing the song in some diners on the selection gadget that plays records at the table while you were eating. We were never told if the songs ever got on any charts."

Phil Harris, American Musician

Eating, Song, Songs

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