Meal Quotes

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. (Robert A. Heinlein)
Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman - or a bad woman; it depends on how much happiness you can handle. View quote
George Burns
Thanksgiving is a typically American holiday... The lavish meal is a symbol of the fact that abundant consumption is the result and reward of production. View quote
Ayn Rand
As a kid, I got three meals a day. Oatmeal, miss-a-meal and no meal. View quote
Mr. T
One can say everything best over a meal. View quote
George Eliot
Cheat your landlord if you can and must, but do not try to shortchange the Muse. It cannot be done. You can't fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal. View quote
William S. Burroughs
Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal. View quote
E. O. Wilson
Meals make the society, hold the fabric together in lots of ways that were charming and interesting and intoxicating to me. The perfect meal, or the best meals, occur in a context that frequently has very little to do with the food itself. View quote
Anthony Bourdain
Fame is like caviar, you know - it's good to have caviar but not when you have it at every meal. View quote
Marilyn Monroe
The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found. View quote
Calvin Trillin
If I eat a huge meal and I can get the girl to rub my belly, I think that's about as romantic as I can think of. (Ryan Gosling)
Never let stress shape your strategy. Most women think better after a brisk walk, a light meal, a massage and a nap. View quote
Barbara Taylor Bradford
Being a survivor doesn't mean being strong - it's telling people when you need a meal or a ride, company, whatever. It's paying attention to heart wisdom, feelings, not living a role, but having a unique, authentic life, having something to contribute, finding time to love and laugh. All these things are qualities of survivors. View quote
Bernie Siegel
A gourmet meal without a glass of wine just seems tragic to me somehow. View quote
Kathy Mattea
I would say this is not negative this is h, a hard part in gymnastics. You can't eat, whatever you want to eat. And what kind of meal you're supposed to have, you can't. View quote
Olga Korbut
I only eat one meal a day. Lunch, not dinner. View quote
Robert Goulet
A kaiseki meal is like that, very small courses over a long period of time. View quote
Thomas Keller
I'm not crazy about reality, but it's still the only place to get a decent meal. View quote
Groucho Marx
The shared meal elevates eating from a mechanical process of fueling the body to a ritual of family and community, from the mere animal biology to an act of culture. View quote
Michael Pollan
Where do people get off saying the Beatles should give $200,000,000 to South America? You know, America has poured billions into places like that. It doesn't mean a damn thing. After they've eaten that meal, then what? It lasts for only a day. After the $200,000,000 is gone, then what? It goes round and round in circles. You can pour money in forever. After Peru, then Harlem, then Britain. There is no one concert. We would have to dedicate the rest of our lives to one world concert tour, and I'm not ready for it. Not in this lifetime, anyway. View quote
John Lennon
Whatever hardships there have been in my life I still live in a very privileged position. Fear is not knowing where your next meal is coming from. Fear is seeing a child get hurt. Fear is watching someone you love waste away. Fear is knowing you are going to die yourself. But there's no fear in what I do. I write books. (James Frey)
The meal is not over when I'm full. The meal is over when I hate myself. View quote
Louis C.K.
Sorry ... my mind was wandering ... One time it went all the way to Venus and ordered a meal I couldn't pay for. View quote
Steven Wright
My, I get so depressed after a poor meal; that's why I can never stay in England for more than a week. View quote
Julia Child
People who want to rise above a well-cooked meal and a well-tailored garment, are out of their spiritual minds. View quote
Anthony de Mello
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