Adversity Quote by Alexandre Dumas

“I always wondered why the makers leave housekeeping and cooking out of their tales. Isn't it what all the great wars and battles are…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“The work party is also a strong tradition in the South. It was a hard life as a small farmer, and when it came…

— Deborah Ford

Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.

— George Herbert

“Sometimes they went hungry, sometimes they feasted riotously, all according to the abundance of game and the fortune of hunting.”

— Jack London

I had been hungry all the years- My noon had come, to dine- I, trembling, drew the table near And touched the curious wine.…

— Emily Dickinson

“It was not that long ago that dinner had meant swallowing down whatever you could get your filthy hands on. . . Dinner meant…

— Jo Baker

There are people who so arrange their lives that they feed themselves only on side dishes.

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

“Moreover, these town toasts ate magnificently, and boasted of the quality of the meals their admirers provided for them. It was the age not…

— A.J. Liebling

The poor we shall always have with us, but why the hungry?

— John van Hengel

Jesus saw the multitudes were hungry and He said, Oh Lord, send down a short-order cook.

— Anne Sexton

It seemed a place where heroes could fitly feast after victory, where weary harvesters could line up in scores along the table and keep…

— Kenneth Grahame

Eating reveals the characteristic grossness of the human race and also the in-built failure of its satisfactions. We arrive eager, we stuff ourselves and…

— Iris Murdoch