"The Eskimos have four hundred words for snow,……" — Jonathan Safran Foer

"The Eskimos have four hundred words for snow, and the Jewshave four hundred for schmuck."

— Jonathan Safran Foer

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526 Quotes by Jonathan Safran Foer

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We eat as sons and daughters, as families, as communities, as generations, as nations, and increasingly as a globe. We…
August has passed, and yet summer continues by force to grow days. They sprout secretly between the chapters of the…
SADNESSES OF THE INTELLECT: Sadness of being misunderstood [sic]; Humor sadness; Sadness of love wit[hou]t release; Sadne[ss of be]ing smart;…
The Torah is the foundational text for Jewish law, but the Haggadah is our book of living memory. We are…
Murdering someone would surely prove that you are capable of killing, but it wouldn't be the most reasonable way to…
Be the instrument playing the sound of your life's passing
I got incredibly heavy boots about how relatively insignificant life is, and how, compared to the universe and compared to…
Animal agriculture makes a 40% greater contribution to global warming than all transportation in the world combined; it is the…
When we eat factory-farmed meat we live, literally, on tortured flesh. Increasingly, that tortured flesh is becoming our own.
How would you judge an artist who mutilated animals in a gallery because it was visually arresting? How riveting would…
The more you love someone, he came to think, the harder it is to tell them. It surprised him that…
Everyone is always in need of something that another person can give, be it undivided attention, a kind word or…

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The Eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them: there ought to be as many for… — Margaret Atwood
People are always asking me about eskimos, but there are no eskimos in Iceland. — Bjork
Even when educators survey grade school texts and create new bibliographies to help teachers include Asians, Eskimos, and other Americans,… — Gloria Steinem
I read once that the ancient Egyptians had fifty words for sand & the Eskimos had a hundred words for… — Brian Andreas
We don't live the lives of Eskimos. We don't need to kill animals for fashion. — Charlize Theron
Eskimos are uncivilised because they don't have any shops. — Jodie Marsh
A few years ago England would have struggled to beat the Eskimos — Ian Botham
Vampires are make-believe, like elves, gremlins, and eskimos. — Matt Groening
If eskimos can come up with fifty words for snow because its a matter of life and death, why do… — Mike Gayle
The Eskimos live among ice all their lives but have no single word for ice. — Ashley Montagu
I have always admired the Esquimaux (Eskimos). One fine day a delicious meal is cooked for dear old mother, and… — Agatha Christie
Sometimes I'd like to have a conversation with a friend in a restaurant without feeling I'm being watched. At this… — Fernando Torres

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