--- title: "3 Belly Quotes By M. F. K. Fisher" description: "3 Belly quotes by M. F. K. Fisher. Plus more from M. F. K. Fisher and more Belly sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff1/m-f-k-fisher-7947_belly_hunger-is-more-than-a-problem-of-belly-a_1841978.png" --- > [Hunger is more than a problem of belly and guts, and ... the satisfying of it can and must and does nourish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-f-k-fisher/hunger-is-more-than-a-problem-of-belly-and-guts-and-the-satisfying-of/) [M. F. K. Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-f-k-fisher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff1/m-f-k-fisher-7947_belly_hunger-is-more-than-a-problem-of-belly-a_1841978.png) > [It is a curious fact that no man likes to call himself a glutton, and yet each of us has in him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-f-k-fisher/it-is-a-curious-fact-that-no-man-likes-to-call-himself-a-glutton-and/) [M. F. K. Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-f-k-fisher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecd/m-f-k-fisher-7947_believe_it-is-a-curious-fact-that-no-man-likes-t_2134145.jpg) > [As for the house, it is scrubbed to the tiniest mousehole before Passover, to avoid such dangers as even a forgotten cake…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-f-k-fisher/as-for-the-house-it-is-scrubbed-to-the-tiniest-mousehole-before/) [M. F. K. Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-f-k-fisher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60c/m-f-k-fisher-7947_belly_as-for-the-house-it-is-scrubbed-to-the-t_2555133.png) ## Other authors on Belly ## More by M. F. K. Fisher > [... I think we grieve forever, but that goes for love too, fortunately for us all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-f-k-fisher/i-think-we-grieve-forever-but-that-goes-for-love-too-fortunately-for/) [M. F. K. Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-f-k-fisher/) > [A potato is a poor thing, poorly treated. More often than not it is cooked in so unthinking and ignorant a manner as to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-f-k-fisher/a-potato-is-a-poor-thing-poorly-treated-more-often-than-not-it-is/) [M. F. K. Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-f-k-fisher/) > [gastronomy is and always has been connected with its sister art of love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-f-k-fisher/gastronomy-is-and-always-has-been-connected-with-its-sister-art-of/) [M. F. K. Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-f-k-fisher/) > [At present, I myself do not know of any local witches or warlocks, but there are several people who seem to have an uncanny…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-f-k-fisher/at-present-i-myself-do-not-know-of-any-local-witches-or-warlocks-but/) [M. F. K. Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-f-k-fisher/) > [In general, I think, human beings are happiest at table when they are very young, very much in love or very alone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-f-k-fisher/in-general-i-think-human-beings-are-happiest-at-table-when-they-are/) [M. F. K. Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-f-k-fisher/) > [... living out of sight of any shore does rich and powerfully strange things to humans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-f-k-fisher/living-out-of-sight-of-any-shore-does-rich-and-powerfully-strange/) [M. F. K. Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-f-k-fisher/) > [The things men come to eat when they are alone are, I suppose, not much stranger than the men themselves… A writer years ago…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-f-k-fisher/the-things-men-come-to-eat-when-they-are-alone-are-i-suppose-not-much/) [M. F. K. Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-f-k-fisher/) > [In spite of my conviction that a group of deliberately assembled relatives can be one of the dullest, if not most dangerous, gatherings in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-f-k-fisher/in-spite-of-my-conviction-that-a-group-of-deliberately-assembled/) [M. F. K. Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-f-k-fisher/) > [This is not that, and that is certainly not this, and at the same time an oyster stew is not stewed, and although they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-f-k-fisher/this-is-not-that-and-that-is-certainly-not-this-and-at-the-same-time/) [M. F. K. Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-f-k-fisher/) > [death ... so seldom happens nowadays in the awesome quiet of a familiar chamber. Most of us die violently, thanks to the advance of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-f-k-fisher/death-so-seldom-happens-nowadays-in-the-awesome-quiet-of-a-familiar/) [M. F. K. Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-f-k-fisher/) > [Sharing our meals should be a joyful and a trustful act, rather than the cursory fulfillment of our social obligations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-f-k-fisher/sharing-our-meals-should-be-a-joyful-and-a-trustful-act-rather-than/) [M. F. K. Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-f-k-fisher/) > [I can no more think of my own life without thinking of wine and wines and where they grew for me and why I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-f-k-fisher/i-can-no-more-think-of-my-own-life-without-thinking-of-wine-and-wines/) [M. F. K. Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-f-k-fisher/) > [The smell of good bread baking, like the sound of lightly flowing water, is indescribable in its evocation of innocence and delight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-f-k-fisher/the-smell-of-good-bread-baking-like-the-sound-of-lightly-flowing/) [M. F. K. Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-f-k-fisher/) > [I notice that as I get rid of the protective covering of the middle years, I am more openly amused and incautious and less…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-f-k-fisher/i-notice-that-as-i-get-rid-of-the-protective-covering-of-the-middle/) [M. F. K. Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-f-k-fisher/) > [It is puzzling to me that otherwise sensitive people develop a real docility about the obvious necessity of eating, at least once a day,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-f-k-fisher/it-is-puzzling-to-me-that-otherwise-sensitive-people-develop-a-real/) [M. F. K. Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-f-k-fisher/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/belly/m-f-k-fisher/#itemlist", "name": "3 Belly Quotes By M. F. K. 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