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"Well, sometimes if I go out to dinner with my family, people will come up to me and put their hand across my plate for me to shake, sometimes when I have a bite of food in my mouth. I find this a bit disturbing."

"Well, sometimes if I go out to dinner with my family, people will come up to me and put their hand across my plate for me to shake, sometimes when I have a bite of food in my mouth. I find this a bit disturbing."

Abdul Qadeer Khan, Pakistani Scientist

Food, Family, People, Will

110

"You can be enticed by food, wooed by food, sex, money, or instruments."

"You can be enticed by food, wooed by food, sex, money, or instruments."

Bernie Worrell, American Musician

Food, Money, Sex

101

"We are not hungry... Why foist this food upon us? We don't want to be choked. We have enough."

"We are not hungry... Why foist this food upon us? We don't want to be choked. We have enough."

Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwean Statesman

99

"So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for the time being."

"So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for the time being."

Franz Kafka, Austrian Novelist

Food, Time, Being, Questions

92

"I don't like to waste anything. Any food left over from the night before is always eaten the next day."

"I don't like to waste anything. Any food left over from the night before is always eaten the next day."

Martin Yan, Chinese Celebrity

Food, Day, Night, Waste

84

"Simply because my people are hungry, that is no justification to give them poison, to give them genetically modified food that is intrinsically dangerous to their health."

"Simply because my people are hungry, that is no justification to give them poison, to give them genetically modified food that is intrinsically dangerous to their health."

Levy Mwanawasa, Zambian President

Food, Health, People, Justification

75

"Don't you have a machine that puts food into the mouth and pushes it down?"

"Don't you have a machine that puts food into the mouth and pushes it down?"

Nikita Khrushchev, Russian Statesman

72

"Preparing food is not just about yourself and others. It is about everything!"

"Preparing food is not just about yourself and others. It is about everything!"

Shunryu Suzuki, Japanese Leader

66

"When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes."

"When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes."

Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch Philosopher

Food, Money, Books, Clothes

63

"What is food to one man is bitter poison to others."

"What is food to one man is bitter poison to others."

Lucretius, Roman Poet

Food, Man, Poison

57

"If beef is your idea of 'real food for real people,' you'd better live real close to a real good hospital."

"If beef is your idea of 'real food for real people,' you'd better live real close to a real good hospital."

Neal Barnard, American Author

Food, People, Idea

50

"Food is the moral right of all who are born into this world."

"Food is the moral right of all who are born into this world."

Norman Borlaug, American Scientist

Food, Right, World

49

"Oh yes, after the war, and we were all starving - we had no proper food or anything - no proper shoes."

"Oh yes, after the war, and we were all starving - we had no proper food or anything - no proper shoes."

Ninette de Valois, Irish Dancer

44

"If I agree to dispose of any part of our land to the white people I would feel guilty of taking food away from our children's mouths, and I do not wish to be that mean."

"If I agree to dispose of any part of our land to the white people I would feel guilty of taking food away from our children's mouths, and I do not wish to be that mean."

Sitting Bull, Lakotan Statesman

Food, People, Children, Land

43

"In Italy, they add work and life on to food and wine."

"In Italy, they add work and life on to food and wine."

Robin Leach, English Writer

Food, Life, Work, Italy

42

"But once in a while you might see me at In and Out Burger; they make the best fast food hamburgers around."

"But once in a while you might see me at In and Out Burger; they make the best fast food hamburgers around."

Thomas Keller, American Celebrity

41

"Cabbage: a familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man's head."

"Cabbage: a familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man's head."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

Food, Kitchen, Man

39

"I came literally to the table with a wealth of knowledge by simply understanding how food should taste."

"I came literally to the table with a wealth of knowledge by simply understanding how food should taste."

Rocco DiSpirito, American Celebrity

Food, Knowledge, Wealth, Taste

37

"I love food and I love everything involved with food. I love the fun of it. I love restaurants. I love cooking, although I don't cook very much. I love kitchens."

"I love food and I love everything involved with food. I love the fun of it. I love restaurants. I love cooking, although I don't cook very much. I love kitchens."

Alma Guillermoprieto, Mexican Journalist

Food, Love, Cooking, Fun

37

"Health food may be good for the conscience but Oreos taste a hell of a lot better."

"Health food may be good for the conscience but Oreos taste a hell of a lot better."

Robert Redford, American Actor

Food, Health, Conscience, Hell

37

"Woe to us if we get our satisfaction from the food in the kitchen and the TV in the den and the sex in the bedroom with an occasional tribute to the cement blocks in the basement!"

"Woe to us if we get our satisfaction from the food in the kitchen and the TV in the den and the sex in the bedroom with an occasional tribute to the cement blocks in the basement!"

John Piper, American Clergyman

Food, Sex, Kitchen, Satisfaction

36

"So, what's it like in the real world? Well, the food is better, but beyond that, I don't recommend it."

"So, what's it like in the real world? Well, the food is better, but beyond that, I don't recommend it."

Bill Watterson, American Cartoonist

35

"We have by far the most expensive health system in the world. We spend 50 percent more per person than the next most costly nation. Americans spend more on health care than housing or food."

"We have by far the most expensive health system in the world. We spend 50 percent more per person than the next most costly nation. Americans spend more on health care than housing or food."

Kathleen Sebelius, American Politician

Food, Health, Americans, Care

35

"Their life is about getting enough money to put food on the table to feed their children, and that's it."

"Their life is about getting enough money to put food on the table to feed their children, and that's it."

Ellen Burstyn, American Actress

Food, Life, Money, Children

35

"The philosophic spirit of inquiry may be traced to brute curiosity, and that to the habit of examining all things in search of food."

"The philosophic spirit of inquiry may be traced to brute curiosity, and that to the habit of examining all things in search of food."

William Winwood Reade, Scottish Historian

Food, Habit, Curiosity, May

34

"I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood. It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me-like food or water."

"I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood. It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me-like food or water."

Ray Charles, American Musician

Food, Music, Heart, Blood

33

"Fame is a fickle food upon a shifting plate."

"Fame is a fickle food upon a shifting plate."

Emily Dickinson, American Poet

33

"A lot of food shows need only to tempt. Some food shows only need to inspire, to empower. And there are a lot of shows that do that."

"A lot of food shows need only to tempt. Some food shows only need to inspire, to empower. And there are a lot of shows that do that."

Alton Brown, American Entertainer

33

"Health food makes me sick."

"Health food makes me sick."

Calvin Trillin, American Journalist

32

"Food for the body is not enough. There must be food for the soul."

"Food for the body is not enough. There must be food for the soul."

Dorothy Day, American Activist

Food, Soul, Body

32

"If food were free, why work?"

"If food were free, why work?"

Douglas Horton, American Clergyman

32

"There are apothecaries' shops, where prepared medicines, liquids, ointments, and plasters are sold; barbers' shops, where they wash and shave the head; and restaurateurs, that furnish food and drink at a certain price."

"There are apothecaries' shops, where prepared medicines, liquids, ointments, and plasters are sold; barbers' shops, where they wash and shave the head; and restaurateurs, that furnish food and drink at a certain price."

Hernando Cortes, Spanish Leader

32

"Amazing that the human race has taken enough time out from thinking about food or sex to create the arts and sciences."

"Amazing that the human race has taken enough time out from thinking about food or sex to create the arts and sciences."

Mason Cooley, American Writer

Food, Time, Sex, Race

32

"I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer stronger, the food cheaper and the old men and old women warmer in the winter and happier in the summer."

"I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer stronger, the food cheaper and the old men and old women warmer in the winter and happier in the summer."

Brendan Behan, Irish Dramatist

Food, Men, Society, Women

31

"I maintain that the existing corn laws are bad, because they have given a monopoly of food to the landed interest over every other class and over every other interest in the kingdom."

"I maintain that the existing corn laws are bad, because they have given a monopoly of food to the landed interest over every other class and over every other interest in the kingdom."

Joseph Hume, Scottish Scientist

Food, Class, Interest, Laws

31

"All I ever wanted to do was to make food accessible to everyone; to show that you can make mistakes - I do all the time - but it doesn't matter."

"All I ever wanted to do was to make food accessible to everyone; to show that you can make mistakes - I do all the time - but it doesn't matter."

Jamie Oliver, British Celebrity

Food, Time, Mistakes

31

"If somebody has a chance to put my food in their mouth, that tells the story."

"If somebody has a chance to put my food in their mouth, that tells the story."

Emeril Lagasse, American Celebrity

31

"I love shopping, especially food shopping."

"I love shopping, especially food shopping."

Emma Bunton, British Musician

31

"The food in such places is so tasteless because the members associate spices and garlic with just the sort of people they're trying to keep out."

"The food in such places is so tasteless because the members associate spices and garlic with just the sort of people they're trying to keep out."

Calvin Trillin, American Journalist

Food, People, Trying

31

"A house is no home unless it contain food and fire for the mind as well as for the body."

"A house is no home unless it contain food and fire for the mind as well as for the body."

Margaret Fuller, American Critic

Food, Home, Body, Fire

30

"Most vegetarians look so much like the food they eat that they can be classified as cannibals."

"Most vegetarians look so much like the food they eat that they can be classified as cannibals."

Finley Peter Dunne, American Journalist

30

"I do not know that any writer has supposed that on this earth man will ultimately be able to live without food."

"I do not know that any writer has supposed that on this earth man will ultimately be able to live without food."

Thomas Malthus, English Economist

Food, Earth, Man, Will

30

"Most of the food imported to Russia came from China."

"Most of the food imported to Russia came from China."

Alex Chiu, American Businessman

29

"We were raised in an Italian-American household, although we didn't speak Italian in the house. We were very proud of being Italian, and had Italian music, ate Italian food."

"We were raised in an Italian-American household, although we didn't speak Italian in the house. We were very proud of being Italian, and had Italian music, ate Italian food."

Francis Ford Coppola, American Director

Food, Music, Being

29

"I've often said that the most important thing you can give your children is wings. Because, you're not gonna always be able to bring food to the nest. You're... sometimes... they're gonna have to be able to fly by themselves."

"I've often said that the most important thing you can give your children is wings. Because, you're not gonna always be able to bring food to the nest. You're... sometimes... they're gonna have to be able to fly by themselves."

Elizabeth Edwards, American Lawyer

29

"What makes cookbooks interesting is to find out about the people and the culture that invented the food."

"What makes cookbooks interesting is to find out about the people and the culture that invented the food."

Vincent Schiavelli, American Actor

Food, People, Culture

29

"It makes me so angry - there's enough food in the world but people are starving. It's all political."

"It makes me so angry - there's enough food in the world but people are starving. It's all political."

Judith Light, American Actress

Food, People, World

29

"When the show is over we still have to pay our rent, we have to buy food. We have to do all the same things that you do."

"When the show is over we still have to pay our rent, we have to buy food. We have to do all the same things that you do."

Jamie Farr, American Actor

29

"Appetite, craving for food, is a constant and powerful stimulator of the gastric glands."

"Appetite, craving for food, is a constant and powerful stimulator of the gastric glands."

Ivan Pavlov, Russian Psychologist

28

"One must know combinations, one must have a true knowledge of food to be in the moment."

"One must know combinations, one must have a true knowledge of food to be in the moment."

Charlie Trotter, American Celebrity

Food, Knowledge

28

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