My idea of a meal, if I was hungry, was to open a bag of potato chips. — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
If you're poor, potato chips are the food of life for you. It's the caviar. — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I was so happy when I went to Rome and I saw that the Romans eat them too, the squash blossoms. [...]… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Instead of putting cheese with ranchero sauce, chile is really very good for you. If you put that in, you get flavoring,… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
To this day, on my cheat days from my diet, which are New Year's Eve and my birthday, I buy luxury foods… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
It's what's available to the poor communities. They do buy healthy stuff, you know, but the lettuce is usually iceberg lettuce and… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I spent my thirties living out of boxes and moving every six months to a year. It was my cloud period: I… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I had no concept of this [healthy food] until very, very late in life, thanks to a trainer/nutritionist that I met who… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
There's a lot of things that haven't been communicated to our communities. I didn't know these things myself. I didn't know that… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
My trainer taught me, because he's Iranian, and that's a beautiful snack [pistachios]. I have some with me, actually, in my bag.… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Even my mom. I have to tell her, "If you want a snack, don't go to bed with potato chips. Eat a… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
The writer Denise Chávez comments on poor food and what you associate with luxury food items. In fact, she wrote a whole… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Mom used to walk with me for something like two or three miles to get to the day-old bakery. They had those… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
People like to blame Mexican food, but look at what's happening globally, look at all the fast foods and products filled with… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
You know, if you've got nine people that you've got to get a treat for - because you do have sweet food,… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
If we got an educational program going, we could tell people, "Instead of butter, use avocado." That's something we eat, it has… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I think a lot of education has to be involved. If they would have alternative items, so that, say, for a dollar… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
People like to blame Mexican food, but look at what's happening globally, look at all the fast foods and products filled with… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
If you have potato chips, that means, "Who's coming over?"Wealthy people - white people who're wealthy - have a bag of potato… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Believe it or not, Mexican cooking, for those of you who have not gone farther south than Taco Bell, uses a lot… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
We tend to think of orphans as being the protagonist of stories we read when we're kids, and yet here you are: you're an… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I'm learning a lot by reading teachers like Thich Nhat Hanh, Pema Chodron. They teach me because I feel like I have a responsibility… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I never know what something is going to be until it emerges from the womb and you see the crown of its head and… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Believe it or not, Mexican cooking, for those of you who have not gone farther south than Taco Bell, uses a lot of vegetables.… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I feel that I can teach my listener about a new word they can use too. — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Now I feel life is really short and I have to take care of things. — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
To this day, on my cheat days from my diet, which are New Year's Eve and my birthday, I buy luxury foods that are… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
You can never have too much sky . You can fall asleep and wake up drunk on sky, and sky can keep you safe… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
[Jorge Luis Borges] had short stories, and I was trying to learn how to write short stories, and then he had these things in… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I want to thank you, especially those people who are agnostic or atheist. I don't mean any offense by the things I said of… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
We changed it to emocionó, the way you say in Spanish, "to emotion me" [to be moved]. That, as opposed to "haunt." We wanted… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
When I'm starting to feel, "How many more people are there?" I go slower. I ask questions, and that person engaging with me gives… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
![“I was so happy when I went to Rome and I saw that the Romans eat them too, the squash blossoms. [...] No wonder I like the Italians!” quote by Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ba9/sandra-cisneros-862_rome_i-was-so-happy-when-i-went-to-rome-and-i_1548307.jpg)
![“I had no concept of this [healthy food] until very, very late in life, thanks to a trainer/nutritionist that I met who has been working with me since I was forty-five.” quote by Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/444/sandra-cisneros-862_concepts_i-had-no-concept-of-this-healthy-food-un_3052097.jpg)
![“My trainer taught me, because he's Iranian, and that's a beautiful snack [pistachios]. I have some with me, actually, in my bag. You could eat that on a plane instead of the salted nuts. And a serving size a day is the size of your hand, not the size of your head!” quote by Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/017/sandra-cisneros-862_bags_my-trainer-taught-me-because-he-s-irania_1509140.jpg)
![“[Jorge Luis Borges] had short stories, and I was trying to learn how to write short stories, and then he had these things in the middle that were like fables, and I loved hearing fables.” quote by Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a46/sandra-cisneros-862_borges_jorge-luis-borges-had-short-stories-and_102630.jpg)
![“We changed it to emocionó, the way you say in Spanish, "to emotion me" [to be moved]. That, as opposed to "haunt." We wanted the feeling of sadness and grief and obsession, so we used emocionó.” quote by Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8fc/sandra-cisneros-862_changed_we-changed-it-to-emocion-the-way-you-say_108295.jpg)
