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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

164

"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

156

"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

139

"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

120

"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

116

"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

113

"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

112

"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

99

"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

90

"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

85

"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

75

"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

63

"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

62

"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

60

"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

57

"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

54

"If food were free, why work?"

"If food were free, why work?"

Douglas Horton, American Clergyman

54

"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

54

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

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

Emily Dickinson, American Poet

53

"You can do anything with beer that you can do with wine. Beer is great for basting or marinating meat and fish."

"You can do anything with beer that you can do with wine. Beer is great for basting or marinating meat and fish."

Grant Wood, American Artist

Food, Beer, Fish, Wine

52

"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

50

"I grew up on food stamps. I come from a very humble background. And I've had many friends that have been destitute - you know, running into trouble - and places like The Midnight Mission have given them hope and have fed them and gotten them back on the right path."

"I grew up on food stamps. I come from a very humble background. And I've had many friends that have been destitute - you know, running into trouble - and places like The Midnight Mission have given them hope and have fed them and gotten them back on the right path."

Debi Mazar, American Actress

Food, Hope, Friends, Midnight

49

"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

49

"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

49

"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

48

"I do love Italian food. Any kind of pasta or pizza. My new pig out food is Indian food. I eat Indian food like three times a week. It's so good."

"I do love Italian food. Any kind of pasta or pizza. My new pig out food is Indian food. I eat Indian food like three times a week. It's so good."

Jennifer Love Hewitt, American Actress

48

"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

47

"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

47

"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

47

"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

46

"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

46

"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

46

"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

45

"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

45

"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

45

"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

45

"Health food makes me sick."

"Health food makes me sick."

Calvin Trillin, American Journalist

44

"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

44

"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

44

"Edible substances evoke the secretion of thick, concentrated saliva. Why? The answer, obviously, is that this enables the mass of food to pass smoothly through the tube leading from the mouth into the stomach."

"Edible substances evoke the secretion of thick, concentrated saliva. Why? The answer, obviously, is that this enables the mass of food to pass smoothly through the tube leading from the mouth into the stomach."

Ivan Pavlov, Russian Psychologist

44

"Corn is the leading food and feed crop of the United States in geographic range of production, acreage, and quantity of product. The vital importance of a large acreage of this crop, properly cared for, therefore, is obvious."

"Corn is the leading food and feed crop of the United States in geographic range of production, acreage, and quantity of product. The vital importance of a large acreage of this crop, properly cared for, therefore, is obvious."

David F. Houston, American Politician

Food, Importance, Leading, Obvious

44

"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

43

"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

43

"Neither does man have gills for living in a water environment; yet it is not sinful to explore the depths of the oceans in search of food or other blessings."

"Neither does man have gills for living in a water environment; yet it is not sinful to explore the depths of the oceans in search of food or other blessings."

Walter Lang, American Director

Food, Blessings, Environment, Living

43

"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

43

"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

43

"I'd like to be rich. I'd like a lot of money to put into my physicals and to buy food for all my friends."

"I'd like to be rich. I'd like a lot of money to put into my physicals and to buy food for all my friends."

Syd Barrett, English Musician

Food, Money, Friends

43

"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

43

"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

43

"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

43

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