Gluttony kills more than the sword.
—Common Proverb
He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.
—Sa’Di (Musharrif Od-Din Muslih Od-Din) (c.1213–91) Persian Poet
Much meat, much disease.
—Common Proverb
Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly.
—M. F. K. Fisher (1908–92) American Food Writer, Critic
Abstain from beans.
—Plutarch (c.46–c.120 CE) Greek Biographer, Philosopher
Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live.
—Socrates (469BCE–399BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher
There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.
—Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869–1948) Indian Hindu Political leader
There was no corn—in the wide market-place all loathliest things, even human flesh, was sold; They weighed it in small scales—and many a face was fixed in eager horror then; his gold the miser brought; the tender maid, grown bold through hunger, bared her scorned charms in vain.
—Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822) English Poet, Dramatist, Essayist, Novelist
In terms of fast food and deep understanding of the culture of fast food, I’m your man.
—Bill Gates (b.1955) American Businessperson, Entrepreneur, Author, Philanthropist
A cheese may disappoint. It may be dull, it may be naive, it may be oversophisticated. Yet it remains cheese, milk’s leap toward immortality.
—Clifton Fadiman (1904–99) American Author, Radio Personality
He that eats till he is sick must fast till he is well.
—English Proverb
Put a knife to thy throat, if you’re a man given to appetite.
—The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
God comes to the hungry in the form of food.
—Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869–1948) Indian Hindu Political leader
I eat like a vulture. Unfortunately the resemblance doesn’t end there.
—Groucho Marx (1890–1977) American Actor, Comedian, Singer
Our lives are not in the lap of the gods, but in the lap of our cooks.
—Lin Yutang (1895–1976) Chinese Author, Philologist
Everything you see I owe to spaghetti.
—Sophia Loren (b.1934) Italian Actor
Taking food alone tends to make one hard and coarse. Those accustomed to it must lead a Spartan life if they are not to go downhill. Hermits have observed, if for only this reason, a frugal diet. For it is only in company that eating is done justice; food must be divided and distributed if it is to be well received.
—Walter Benjamin (1892–1940) German Literary and Marxist Critic
God gives all birds their food but does not drop it into their nests.
—Danish Proverb
I do not like broccoli. And I haven’t liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I’m President of the United States and I’m not going to eat any more broccoli.
—George H. W. Bush (1924–2018) American Republican Statesman, 41st President
But for the sake of some little mouthful of flesh, we deprive a soul of the sun and light and of that proportion of life and time it had been born into the world to enjoy.
—Plutarch (c.46–c.120 CE) Greek Biographer, Philosopher
Spaghetti can be eaten most successfully if you inhale it like a vacuum cleaner.
—Sophia Loren (b.1934) Italian Actor
A fat paunch never bred a subtle mind.
—Anonymous
What is food to one, is to others bitter poison.
—Lucretius (c.99–55 BCE) Roman Epicurean Poet, Philosopher
Appetite comes with eating; the more one has, the more one would have.
—French Proverb
Ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you; and my people shall never be ashamed.
—The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
When a poor man eats a chicken, one of them is sick.
—Yiddish Proverb
Most of us are either too thin to enjoy eating, or too fat to enjoy walking.
—E. W. Howe (1853–1937) American Novelist, Editor
Facts are to the mind what food is to the body. On the due digestion of the former depend the strength and wisdom of the one, just as vigor and health depend on the other. The wisest in council, the ablest in debate, and the most agreeable companion in the commerce of human life, is that man who has assimilated to his understanding the greatest number of facts.
—Edmund Burke (1729–97) British Philosopher, Statesman
Laughter is brightest where food is best.
—Irish Proverb
A store of grain, Oh king is the best of treasures. A gem put in your mouth will not support life.
—The Hitopadesha Indian Collection of Fables
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