Edible. Good to eat and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.
—Ambrose Bierce (1842–1913) American Short-story Writer, Journalist
He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.
—Sa’Di (Musharrif Od-Din Muslih Od-Din) (c.1213–91) Persian Poet
A nickel’s worth of goulash beats a five dollar can of vitamines.
—Martin H. Fischer
The belly rules the mind
—Spanish Proverb
After dinner sit a while, and after supper walk a mile.
—English Proverb
Square meals often make round people.
—E. Joseph Cossman
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
—The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
If it weren’t for Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of the television, we’d still be eating frozen radio dinners.
—Johnny Carson (1925–2005) American Comedian
Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.
—William Blake (1757–1827) English Poet, Painter, Printmaker
It is the mark of a mean, vulgar and ignoble spirit to dwell on the thought of food before meal times or worse to dwell on it afterwards, to discuss it and wallow in the remembered pleasures of every mouthful. Those whose minds dwell before dinner on the spit, and after on the dishes, are fit only to be scullions.
—Francis de Sales (1567–1622) French Catholic Saint
We may find in the long run that tinned food is a deadlier weapon than the machine-gun.
—George Orwell (1903–50) English Novelist, Journalist
Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live.
—Socrates (469BCE–399BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher
Gluttony kills more than the sword.
—George Herbert (1593–1633) Welsh Anglican Poet, Orator, Clergyman
How can they say my life is not a success? Have I not for more than sixty years got enough to eat and escaped being eaten?
—Logan Pearsall Smith (1865–1946) American-British Essayist, Bibliophile
If you ate pasta and antipasto, would you still be hungry?
—Unknown
It is, in my view, the duty of an apple to be crisp and crunchable, but a pear should have such a texture as leads to silent consumption.
—Edward Bunyard (1878–1939) British Pomologist, Epicure
My body is like breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I don’t think about it, I just have it.
—Arnold Schwarzenegger (b.1947) Austrian-American Athlete, Actor, Politician
Dyspepsia is the remorse of a guilty stomach.
—Unknown
I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else.
—Samuel Johnson (1709–84) British Essayist
You are what you eat. For example, if you eat garlic you’re apt to be a hermit.
—Franklin P. Jones
All sorrows are good or are less with bread
—Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) Spanish Novelist
Here, dearest Eve,” he exclaims, “here is food.” “Well,” answered she, with the germ of a housewife stirring within her, “we have been so busy to-day that a picked-up dinner must serve
—Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–64) American Novelist, Short Story Writer
We load up on oat bran in the morning so we’ll live forever. Then we spend the rest of the day living like there’s no tomorrow.
—Lee Iacocca (1924–2019) American Businessperson
Gluttony kills more than the sword.
—Common Proverb
Hunger is the best sauce in the world
—Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) Spanish Novelist
Tell me what you like and I’ll tell you what you are.
—John Ruskin (1819–1900) English Writer, Art Critic
Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.
—Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist
Simple diet is best—for many dishes bring many diseases; and rich sauces are worse than even heaping several meats upon each other.
—Pliny the Elder (23–79CE) Roman Statesman, Scholar
He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish.
—The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
He pares his apple that will cleanly feed.
—George Herbert (1593–1633) Welsh Anglican Poet, Orator, Clergyman
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