Corn Quotes

312 quotes by 236 authors

A person who, because he has corns himself, always treads on other people's toes. — Oscar Wilde
Hunger makes you restless. you dream about food - not just any food, but perfect food, the best food, magical meals, famous and awe-inspiring, the… — Dorothy Allison
Corn syrup and added fats have been outed as major ingredients in fast food, but they hide out in packaged foods too, even presumed-innocent ones… — Barbara Kingsolver
I will venture to affirm, that the three seasons wherein our corn has miscarried did no more contribute to our present misery, than one spoonful… — Jonathan Swift
The corn that is B something 5 corn thats been genetically altered in the United States, it cant reproduce but it has huge kernels, its… — Nick Nolte
Artificial selection turned the wolf into the shepherd, and the wild grasses into wheat and corn. In fact, almost every plant and animal that we… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
I did a Children of the Corn remake for Sci Fi Channel. I play the Peter Horton role from the original, and Candace McClure from… — David Anders
The past was a consumable, subject to the national preference for familiar products. And history, in America, is a dish best served plain. The first… — Tony Horwitz
Written in support of abolishing the Corn Laws, it became Elliott's most famous poem. The Peoples Anthem When wilt thou save the people Oh, God… — Ebenezer Elliott
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
Through the sad heart of Ruth, when sick for home She stood in tears amid the alien corn; The same that ofttimes hath Charm'd magic… — John Keats
Never thrust your sickle into another's corn. — Publilius Syrus
Chili is one of the great peasant foods. It is one of the few contributions America has made to world cuisine. Eaten with corn bread,… — Rex Stout
For the sake of argument and illustration I will presume that certain articles of ordinary diet, however beneficial in youth, are prejudicial in advanced life,… — William Banting
Government-mandated and -subsidized ethanol from corn will go down in history as the "Iraq War" of environmental solutions: ill-considered, costly, and disastrous. — Van Jones
Avoid food products containing ingredients that are A) unfamiliar B) unpronounceable C) more than five in number or that include D) high-fructose corn syrup — Michael Pollan
American farmers produced 600 more calories per person per day in 2000 than they did in 1980. But some calories got cheaper than others: Since… — Michael Pollan
Corn is an efficient way to get energy calories off the land and soybeans are an efficient way of getting protein off the land, so… — Michael Pollan
The short, unhappy life of a corn-fed feedlot steer represents the ultimate triumph of industrial thinking over the logic of evolution. — Michael Pollan
Corn is the leading food and feed crop of the United States in geographic range of production, acreage, and quantity of product. The vital importance… — David F. Houston

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