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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

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"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

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"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

73

"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

73

"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

59

"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

57

"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

55

"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

52

"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

51

"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

44

"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

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

33

"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

33

"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

32

"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

31

"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

30

"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

29

"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

27

"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

26

"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

26

"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

25

"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

25

"Health food makes me sick."

"Health food makes me sick."

Calvin Trillin, American Journalist

24

"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

24

"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

24

"On long haul flights I always drink loads and loads of water and eat light and healthy food."

"On long haul flights I always drink loads and loads of water and eat light and healthy food."

Lisa Snowdon, English Model

Food, Light, Water

24

"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

24

"I love shopping, especially food shopping."

"I love shopping, especially food shopping."

Emma Bunton, British Musician

23

"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

23

"If food were free, why work?"

"If food were free, why work?"

Douglas Horton, American Clergyman

22

"I would like to have you quote me, Erich von Stroheim, as having said on this day of this month of this year this one thing: you Americans are living on baby food."

"I would like to have you quote me, Erich von Stroheim, as having said on this day of this month of this year this one thing: you Americans are living on baby food."

Erich von Stroheim, Austrian Actor

Food, Americans, Baby, Day

22

"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

22

"I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food."

"I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food."

W. C. Fields, American Comedian

21

"The food is absolutely atrocious, and parents have no idea. Parents are giving their kids three dollars and saying, 'Okay, see you later. Go off to school and have a good lunch.'"

"The food is absolutely atrocious, and parents have no idea. Parents are giving their kids three dollars and saying, 'Okay, see you later. Go off to school and have a good lunch.'"

Morgan Spurlock, American Director

Food, Idea, Giving, Kids

21

"Civilization as it is known today could not have evolved, nor can it survive, without an adequate food supply."

"Civilization as it is known today could not have evolved, nor can it survive, without an adequate food supply."

Norman Borlaug, American Scientist

Food, Civilization, Today

21

"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

21

"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

21

"I became a fanatic about healthy food in 1944."

"I became a fanatic about healthy food in 1944."

Gloria Swanson, American Actress

21

"If I could only have one type of food with me, I would bring soy sauce. The reason being that if I have soy sauce, I can flavor a lot of things."

"If I could only have one type of food with me, I would bring soy sauce. The reason being that if I have soy sauce, I can flavor a lot of things."

Martin Yan, Chinese Celebrity

Food, Being, Reason

21

"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

20

"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

20

"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

20

"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

20

"It's a funny thing about me. I don't have any interest in food most of the time now, although when I was a kid I was always hungry."

"It's a funny thing about me. I don't have any interest in food most of the time now, although when I was a kid I was always hungry."

Alan Ladd, American Actor

Food, Funny, Time, Interest

20

"The class of citizens who provide at once their own food and their own raiment, may be viewed as the most truly independent and happy."

"The class of citizens who provide at once their own food and their own raiment, may be viewed as the most truly independent and happy."

James Madison, American President

Food, Class, May

20

"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

20

"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

20

"When you get to fifty-two food becomes more important than sex."

"When you get to fifty-two food becomes more important than sex."

Tom Lehrer, American Musician

20

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

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

Alex Chiu, American Businessman

19

"Let me be the first to tell you, drinking alcohol is the worst thing to do in cold weather. Hot soup is the best because the process of digesting food helps to warm you up."

"Let me be the first to tell you, drinking alcohol is the worst thing to do in cold weather. Hot soup is the best because the process of digesting food helps to warm you up."

Morgan Freeman, American Actor

Food, Alcohol, Drinking, First

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