Tis not the belly's hunger that costs so much, but its pride

Hungry bellies have no ears. [Fr., La ventre affame n'point d'oreilles.]

— Francois Rabelais

An empty belly hears nobody

— Proverb

The man who is extremely and dangerously hungry has no other interest but food. Capacities not useful for the satisfying of hunger are pushed…

— Betty Friedan

Is it only the mouth and belly which are injured by hunger and thirst? Men's minds are also injured by them.

— Mencius

If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate.

— Diogenes

I've learned ballet for seven years and Kathak and belly dancing for some time.

— Nidhhi Agerwal

I can reason down or deny everything, except this perpetual Belly: feed he must and will, and I cannot make him respectable.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I get so nervous, I get belly pains before I go on stage.

— Rita Ora

We sat there, not talking, for a few minutes. He ate the Moon Pie; only skinny people can scarf down junk food like that.…

— Sarah Dessen

“That man’s so low he has to reach up to rub the belly of a snake.”

— Rae Carson

“Somewhere squidgy. Your belly, maybe?” “I can’t believe you called my belly ‘squidgy.’ It’s not squidgy, it’s pillowy. And sexy!”

— Nicole Peeler

I liked the taste of beer, its live, white lather, its brass-bright depths, the sudden world through the wet-brown walls of the glass, the…

— Dylan Thomas

That devilish Iron Horse, whose ear-rending neigh is heard throughout the town, has muddied the Boiling Spring with his foot, and he it is…

— Henry David Thoreau

I was the first to win a major with a belly putter, and I've spent hours practicing that way, so I hope they don't…

— Keegan Bradley

I'm bigger than you! I'm higher on the food chain - get in my belly!

— Mike Myers