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Food Quotes by Marvin Harris
- I don't know of any cases where as a result of religious precepts a population have found themselves enjoying less food than they would have…
- Food, like sex, is one of the principal kinds of human activity that engage people when they wonder about how to account for different kinds…
- Pigs eat grass if they are very hungry, but they can't use it as a regular source of food.
- Like most North Americans, I'd been raised on the notion that milk is the first food, and everybody must like it because it's so good…
- Unfortunately, the food industry has not yet faced this situation and begun taking measures to avoid exploiting our weakness for not knowing when we have…
More Food Quotes
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- I grew up playing music and enjoying good food, friends and family in my own backyard. — Rodney Atkins
- I tell my students, it's not difficult to identify with somebody like yourself, somebody next door who looks like you. What's more… — Chinua Achebe
- It's coming home to roost over the next 50 years or so. It's not just climate change; it's sheer space, places to… — David Attenborough
- Some bioengineering is good, especially if it results in plants that are more drought-resistant or perennial food crops. — Margaret Atwood
- What the mass media offers is not popular art, but entertainment which is intended to be consumed like food, forgotten, and replaced… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- As people flock to urban centers where ground space is limited, cities with green walls and roofs and skyscraper farms offer improved… — Diane Ackerman
- Man seeks to change the foods available in nature to suit his tastes, thereby putting an end to the very essence of… — Sai Baba
- Acorns were good until bread was found. — Francis Bacon
- The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age. — Lucille Ball
- Cats are very independent animals. They're very sexy, if you want. Dogs are different. They're familiar. They're obedient. You call a cat,… — Antonio Banderas
- I love food and feel that it is something that should be enjoyed. I eat whatever I want. I just don't overeat. — Tyra Banks