Bread Quotes

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I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets. That kind of… — Paul Auster
Art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead. — Wystan Hugh Auden
Acorns were good until bread was found. — Francis Bacon
People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back… — James A. Baldwin
To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present in all that… — James A. Baldwin
I love all kinds of bread. Whenever I crave junk food, I want salty things like peanuts or potato chips. — Tyra Banks
I don't drink milk, and I don't eat bread, pasta or rice. But I eat a lot of meat, chicken, fish and salads. — Mikhail Baryshnikov
In the beginning, Adam was instructed to earn the bread by the sweat of his brow - not Eve. Contrary to conventional wisdom, a mother's… — Ezra Taft Benson
Bread for myself is a material question. Bread for my neighbor is a spiritual one. — Nikolai Berdyaev
Anytime a person goes into a delicatessen and orders a pastrami on white bread, somewhere a Jew dies. — Milton Berle
A poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope, illusion, more than bread. — Georges Bernanos
Deliberation, n.: The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on. — Ambrose Bierce
Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread. — Josh Billings
About half my designs are controlled fantasy, 15 percent are total madness and the rest are bread-and-butter designs. — Manolo Blahnik
Therefore I feel that the aforementioned guiding principle must be modified to read: If you desire peace, cultivate justice, but at the same time cultivate… — Norman Borlaug
My sisters like cooking at my place. It has a bit more room, and the food tastes a little bit better. A big pot of… — Tom Brady
Jewish prayers are mostly about daily things - the sliver of a new moon, dew on the grass, the bread and the wine. — Geraldine Brooks
For less than the cost of a Big Mac, fries and a Coke, you can buy a loaf of fresh bread and some good cheese… — Steve Albini
But just think what a boring, bread-and-milk world this would be without the boastful. — Julie Burchill
To eat bread without hope is still slowly to starve to death. — Pearl S. Buck

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