Bread Quotes

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A crust of bread and a corner to sleep in. A minute to smile and an hour to weep in. A pint of joy to… — Paul Laurence Dunbar
After bread, education is the first need of the people. — Georges Danton
More than a career, I feel that I've got a function. I see things in a much more holistic way. Some people bake the bread,… — Jackson Browne
Our government has become too responsive to trivial or ephemeral concerns, often at the expense of more important concerns or an erosion of our liberty,… — William A. Niskanen
WHEAT, n. A cereal from which a tolerably good whisky can be made; . . . also for bread. The French are said to eat… — Ambrose Bierce
At length I recollected the thoughtless saying of a great princess, who, on being informed that the country people had no bread, replied, "Let them… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
A sort of melancholy, and regret, seizes us every time we meet a sophisticated, adulterated idiot. Oh the nice fools of yestertime! Genuine, natural. Like… — Leonardo Sciascia
Qu'ils mangent de la brioche. Let them eat cake. On being told that her people had no bread. Attributed to Marie-Antoinette, but remark is much… — Marie Antoinette
If the people have no bread, let them eat cake. — Marie Antoinette
Higher education must lead the march back to the fundamentals of human relationships, to the old discovery that is ever new, that man does not… — John A. Hannah
Like sheaves of corn it gathers you unto itself. It threshes you to make you naked. It sifts you to free you from your husks.… — Khalil Gibran
There is a communication of more than our bodies when bread is broken and wine is drunk. And that is my answer when people ask… — M.F.K. Fisher
It was one of those mornings when a man could face the day only after warming himself with a mug of thick coffee beaded with… — Richard Gehman
I recommend...bread, meat, vegetables, and beer. — Sophocles
I hunger for the bread of God, the flesh of Jesus Christ ...; I long to drink of his blood, the gift of unending love. — Ignatius of Antioch
I am God's wheat and shall be ground by their teeth so that I may become Christ's pure bread. — Ignatius of Antioch
This supernatural bread and this consecrated chalice are for the health and salvation of mankind. — Cyprian
Grace is available for each of us every day - our spiritual daily bread - but we've got to remember to ask for it with… — Sarah Ban Breathnach
How is it that we do not die of love in seeing that God Himself could do no more than shed His divine blood for… — Teresa of Avila
I no longer take pleasure in perishable food or in the delights of this world. I want only God's bread, which is the Flesh of… — Ignatius of Antioch

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