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Food Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- The glory of the farmer is that, in the division of labors, it is his part to create. All trade rests at last on his…
- Hospitality consists in a little fire, a little food, and an immense quiet
- If we suddenly plant our foot, and say, - I will neither eat nor drink nor wear nor touch any food or fabric which I…
- The land is the appointed remedy for whatever is false and fantastic in our culture...food for our mind, as well as our body.
- A mind does not receive truth as a chest receives jewels that are put into it, but as the stomach takes up food into the…
- I can reason down or deny everything, except this perpetual Belly: feed he must and will, and I cannot make him respectable.
- The state of society is one in which the members have suffered amputation from the trunk, and strut about so many walking monsters, - a…
- The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.
- The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.
- There are only ten minutes in the life of a pear when it is perfect to eat.
- The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other; who has retained the spirit of infancy…
- For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy…
- The greatest delight the fields and woods minister is the suggestion of an occult relation between man and the vegetable. I am not alone and…
- God made yeast, as well as dough, and loves fermentation just as dearly as he loves vegetation.
- Let the stoics say what they please, we do not eat for the good of living, but because the meat is savory and the appetite…
- Freedom's secret wilt thou know? Counsel not with flesh and blood; Loiter not for cloak or food; Right thou feelest, rush to do.
More Food Quotes
- I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets.… — Paul Auster
- 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