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Food Quotes

"We provide food that customers love, day after day after day. People just want more of it."

"We provide food that customers love, day after day after day. People just want more of it."

Ray Kroc, American Businessman

Food, Love, People, Day

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"It is the food which you furnish to your mind that determines the whole character of your life."

"It is the food which you furnish to your mind that determines the whole character of your life."

Emmet Fox, American Author

Food, Life, Character, Mind

9

"Everything is just better in California - the wine, the food, fruits and vegetables, the comforts of living. Even the instrumentalists are generous and curious. Everything is wonderful."

"Everything is just better in California - the wine, the food, fruits and vegetables, the comforts of living. Even the instrumentalists are generous and curious. Everything is wonderful."

Beth Anderson, American Composer

Food, Living, Wine

9

"My friends gave me the first songs which was the first food in my soul for me."

"My friends gave me the first songs which was the first food in my soul for me."

Nana Mouskouri, Greek Musician

Food, Soul, First, Friends

9

"The vast amount of waste and sheer stupidity in government - from the Pentagon to the Food and Drug Administration - could fill committee agendas for years."

"The vast amount of waste and sheer stupidity in government - from the Pentagon to the Food and Drug Administration - could fill committee agendas for years."

Tom Coburn, American Politician

Food, Government, Committee, Stupidity

9

"I remember once I read a book on mental illness and there was a nurse that had gotten sick. Do you know what she died from? From worrying about the mental patients not being able to get their food. She became a mental patient."

"I remember once I read a book on mental illness and there was a nurse that had gotten sick. Do you know what she died from? From worrying about the mental patients not being able to get their food. She became a mental patient."

Ornette Coleman, American Musician

Food, Being, Illness

9

"I will not eat oysters. I want my food dead. Not sick. Not wounded. Dead."

"I will not eat oysters. I want my food dead. Not sick. Not wounded. Dead."

Woody Allen, American Director

Food, Oysters, Want, Will

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"I want my food dead. Not sick, not dying, dead."

"I want my food dead. Not sick, not dying, dead."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Food, Dying, Want

8

"The food that enters the mind must be watched as closely as the food that enters the body."

"The food that enters the mind must be watched as closely as the food that enters the body."

Pat Buchanan, American Journalist

Food, Body, Mind

8

"The wonderful thing about Food for Thought is that it lets you keep your hand in theater and be in front of a live audience without a commitment of six months, or even three months."

"The wonderful thing about Food for Thought is that it lets you keep your hand in theater and be in front of a live audience without a commitment of six months, or even three months."

Treat Williams, American Actor

Food, Thought, Commitment, Months

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"One way to find food for thought is to use the fork in the road, the bifurcation that marks the place of emergence in which a new line of development begins to branch off."

"One way to find food for thought is to use the fork in the road, the bifurcation that marks the place of emergence in which a new line of development begins to branch off."

William Irwin Thompson, American Philosopher

Food, Thought, Development, Road

8

"There is no sincerer love than the love of food."

"There is no sincerer love than the love of food."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

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"President Obama is the most successful food stamp president in American history. I would like to be the most successful paycheck president in American history."

"President Obama is the most successful food stamp president in American history. I would like to be the most successful paycheck president in American history."

Newt Gingrich, American Politician

Food, History, Successful

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"But my answer to that question would have to be, aside from the obvious, which is the people and the relationships that you garner over a long period of time but the catering. The catering. They're the best. So it's the food."

"But my answer to that question would have to be, aside from the obvious, which is the people and the relationships that you garner over a long period of time but the catering. The catering. They're the best. So it's the food."

Richard Dean Anderson, American Actor

Food, Time, People, Obvious

8

"The food we ate was Indian, and both my mother and father were very deep into the ancient philosophy of India, so it could well have been an Indian household."

"The food we ate was Indian, and both my mother and father were very deep into the ancient philosophy of India, so it could well have been an Indian household."

Amar Bose, American Inventor

Food, Mother, Father, Deep

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"Now, there is always a tremendous fear of science and progressing forward into areas of the unknown and it is a valid fear. Some of the genetic alterations of food are a little edgy."

"Now, there is always a tremendous fear of science and progressing forward into areas of the unknown and it is a valid fear. Some of the genetic alterations of food are a little edgy."

Nick Nolte, American Actor

Food, Science, Fear, Now

8

"People need dreams, there's as much nourishment in 'em as food."

"People need dreams, there's as much nourishment in 'em as food."

Dorothy Gilman, American Novelist

Food, Dreams, People

8

"Our deep respect for the land and its harvest is the legacy of generations of farmers who put food on our tables, preserved our landscape, and inspired us with a powerful work ethic."

"Our deep respect for the land and its harvest is the legacy of generations of farmers who put food on our tables, preserved our landscape, and inspired us with a powerful work ethic."

James H. Douglas, American Politician

Food, Work, Deep, Generations

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"The female of the genus homo is economically dependent on the male. He is her food supply."

"The female of the genus homo is economically dependent on the male. He is her food supply."

Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American Writer

8

"Like most North Americans, I'd been raised on the notion that milk is the first food, and everybody must like it because it's so good and so important for growing up and for being healthy."

"Like most North Americans, I'd been raised on the notion that milk is the first food, and everybody must like it because it's so good and so important for growing up and for being healthy."

Marvin Harris, American Scientist

Food, Americans, Being, First

8

"In a country with an overabundance of food, no one should go hungry because of a lack of funds or technical and professional knowledge. We have the food, and we have the networks; we now need to support the providers."

"In a country with an overabundance of food, no one should go hungry because of a lack of funds or technical and professional knowledge. We have the food, and we have the networks; we now need to support the providers."

Jose Serrano, American Politician

Food, Knowledge, Country, Support

8

"America is becoming more and more dependent upon imports from foreign manufacturers than we are exports from our country in all fields: in appliances, in clothing, even food. This year America may become for the first time in its history a net food importer."

"America is becoming more and more dependent upon imports from foreign manufacturers than we are exports from our country in all fields: in appliances, in clothing, even food. This year America may become for the first time in its history a net food importer."

Marcy Kaptur, American Politician

Food, History, Time, America

8

"I couldn't care less about actors' trailers and food on sets and stuff like that - I just want to act."

"I couldn't care less about actors' trailers and food on sets and stuff like that - I just want to act."

Chow Yun Fat, Chinese Actor

Food, Act, Actors, Care

8

"This is mainly because I spend a lot of time writing and so don't have much time to read; I hate to waste that time reading what may turn out to be junk food for the mind, when there's so much real writing to be read."

"This is mainly because I spend a lot of time writing and so don't have much time to read; I hate to waste that time reading what may turn out to be junk food for the mind, when there's so much real writing to be read."

John Sladek, American Author

Food, Time, Hate, May

8

"On the Continent people have good food; in England people have good table manners."

"On the Continent people have good food; in England people have good table manners."

George Mikes, British Writer

Food, People, England, Manners

8

"You know how you wake up in the morning and sometimes you look gorgeous and other times you look like you got hit by a mack truck? I realized that my mack truck is food. If I have no sugar, yeast or wine, I have no undereye bags and my skin is perfect."

"You know how you wake up in the morning and sometimes you look gorgeous and other times you look like you got hit by a mack truck? I realized that my mack truck is food. If I have no sugar, yeast or wine, I have no undereye bags and my skin is perfect."

Mariska Hargitay, American Actress

Food, Skin, Wine

8

"I never found either this or the Northern Shrike return to such prey for food. I have seen them alight on the same thorn bush afterwards, but never made any use of this kind of food."

"I never found either this or the Northern Shrike return to such prey for food. I have seen them alight on the same thorn bush afterwards, but never made any use of this kind of food."

John Bachman, American Clergyman

8

"If there is to be any hope of prosperity for this country it is by reversing that policy which made us simply the kitchen garden for supplying the British with cheap food."

"If there is to be any hope of prosperity for this country it is by reversing that policy which made us simply the kitchen garden for supplying the British with cheap food."

Eamon de Valera, Irish Statesman

Food, Policy, Hope, Country

8

"If we eat any food, or drink any beverage, we must recite a blessing over them before and after."

"If we eat any food, or drink any beverage, we must recite a blessing over them before and after."

Shmuel Y. Agnon, Israeli Writer

8

"People don't like to feed live mice and rats to their snakes. Now we have a regular meat food that they will eat. Ninety percent of the snakes will eat this food and love it."

"People don't like to feed live mice and rats to their snakes. Now we have a regular meat food that they will eat. Ninety percent of the snakes will eat this food and love it."

Dick Van Patten, American Actor

Food, Love, People, Now

8

"It is not an exaggeration to say that play is as basic to your child's total development as good food, cleanliness, and rest."

"It is not an exaggeration to say that play is as basic to your child's total development as good food, cleanliness, and rest."

Joanne E. Oppenheim, American Author

Food, Development, Cleanliness, Exaggeration

8

"I swear I want to be a food model."

"I swear I want to be a food model."

Amy Sedaris, American Actress

8

"The whole action of the laws tended to increase the number of consumers of food and to diminish the number of producers, was due the invention of the Malthusian theory of population."

"The whole action of the laws tended to increase the number of consumers of food and to diminish the number of producers, was due the invention of the Malthusian theory of population."

Henry Charles Carey, American Economist

Food, Action, Invention, Laws

8

"The high food value of field beans and the shortage of supply due to the light yields of 1915 and 1916 render them of great importance in the regions to which they are adapted."

"The high food value of field beans and the shortage of supply due to the light yields of 1915 and 1916 render them of great importance in the regions to which they are adapted."

David F. Houston, American Politician

Food, Importance, Light, Value

8

"The Paris peace talks kept a roof over my head and food on the table and clothes on my back because if something was said going in or coming out, I had the rent for the month."

"The Paris peace talks kept a roof over my head and food on the table and clothes on my back because if something was said going in or coming out, I had the rent for the month."

Ed Bradley, American Journalist

Food, Peace, Clothes, Paris

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"No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned... a man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company."

"No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned... a man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

Food, Being, Chance, Company

8

"If food is poetry, is not poetry also food?"

"If food is poetry, is not poetry also food?"

Joyce Carol Oates, American Novelist

8

"In the southern half of the country perhaps no crop has larger possibilities for quick increase of production of food for both men and animals than the sweet potato."

"In the southern half of the country perhaps no crop has larger possibilities for quick increase of production of food for both men and animals than the sweet potato."

David F. Houston, American Politician

Food, Men, Animals, Country

8

"I like to have my hand on every single plate that goes out. It's really a good feeling when someone compliments your meal, and you had everything to do with making it. It's very rewarding."

"I like to have my hand on every single plate that goes out. It's really a good feeling when someone compliments your meal, and you had everything to do with making it. It's very rewarding."

Bill Dickey, American Athlete

Food, Compliments, Feeling

8

"I'm a real food know-it-all."

"I'm a real food know-it-all."

Arthur Schwartz, American Composer

8

"That was my childhood. I grew up with the monks, studying Sanskrit and meditating for hours in the morning and hours in the evening, and going once a day to beg for food."

"That was my childhood. I grew up with the monks, studying Sanskrit and meditating for hours in the morning and hours in the evening, and going once a day to beg for food."

Satish Kumar, Indian Activist

Food, Childhood, Day, Evening

8

"When I get through tearing a lobster apart, or one of those tender West Coast octopuses, I feel like I had a drink from the fountain of youth."

"When I get through tearing a lobster apart, or one of those tender West Coast octopuses, I feel like I had a drink from the fountain of youth."

Joseph Mitchell, American Writer

8

"Today, there are also buyers and sellers of all these energy commodities, just like there are buyers and sellers of food commodities and many other commodities."

"Today, there are also buyers and sellers of all these energy commodities, just like there are buyers and sellers of food commodities and many other commodities."

Kenneth Lay, American Businessman

Food, Energy, Today

8

"Revenge is barren of itself: it is the dreadful food it feeds on; its delight is murder, and its end is despair."

"Revenge is barren of itself: it is the dreadful food it feeds on; its delight is murder, and its end is despair."

Friedrich Schiller, German Dramatist

Food, Delight, Despair, End

7

"Where's my food? When is it coming? What did I order, anyway?"

"Where's my food? When is it coming? What did I order, anyway?"

Lawrence Tierney, American Actor

7

"For the most part this is a place to find down-to-earth advice on everyday cooking, eating, food shopping, cooking equipment, and nice things to put on your table."

"For the most part this is a place to find down-to-earth advice on everyday cooking, eating, food shopping, cooking equipment, and nice things to put on your table."

Arthur Schwartz, American Composer

Food, Advice, Cooking, Eating

7

"I used to hang out by the food table at parties because you don't have to talk to anybody. If you do then you can talk about the food."

"I used to hang out by the food table at parties because you don't have to talk to anybody. If you do then you can talk about the food."

Jennifer Jason Leigh, American Actress

7

"There are pockets of great food in Spain, but there are also pockets of very mediocre food in Spain, and the same in Morocco and the same in Croatia and the same in Germany and the same in Austria."

"There are pockets of great food in Spain, but there are also pockets of very mediocre food in Spain, and the same in Morocco and the same in Croatia and the same in Germany and the same in Austria."

Mario Batali, American Celebrity

Food, Germany, Spain

7

"Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food."

"Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

Food, Conversation, Wit

7

"I think things like food, the food of the south is sort of the common tie that binds us all, Black and White, the sense memories. It's a very particular part of the country."

"I think things like food, the food of the south is sort of the common tie that binds us all, Black and White, the sense memories. It's a very particular part of the country."

Sela Ward, American Actress

Food, Country, Memories, Sense

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