"Freud said that everything was secretly sexual. But……" — Mark Forsyth
"Freud said that everything was secretly sexual. But etymologists know that sex is secretly food."
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10 Quotes by Mark Forsyth
Mark Forsyth has 10 quotes on this site.
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Reality changes words far more than words can ever change reality.
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Curiosity may have killed the cat, but it was the sausage-maker who disposed of the body.
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Poetry is much more important than the truth, and, if you don't believe that, try using the two methods to…
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The problem with the alphabet is that it bears no relation to anything at all, and when words are arranged…
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If you are to use Alexander Graham Bell’s product, which is to say the blower, you should, in all courtesy,…
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So familiar are eggs to us, however, that in the eighteenth century they were referred to as cackling farts, on…
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But Shakespeare never drank coffee. Nor did Julius Caesar, or Socrates. Alexander the Great conquered half the world without even…
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Anyone who has ever taken out a mortgage will be unsurprised to learn that it is, literally, a /death pledge/.
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A poet is not somebody who has great thoughts. That is the menial duty of the philosopher. A poet is…
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More Food Quotes
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one of 6,084 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary…
— Paul Auster
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I grew up playing music and enjoying good food, friends and family in my own backyard.
— Rodney Atkins
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I tell my students, it's not difficult to identify with somebody like yourself, somebody next door who looks like you.…
— Chinua Achebe
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It's coming home to roost over the next 50 years or so. It's not just climate change; it's sheer space,…
— David Attenborough
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Some bioengineering is good, especially if it results in plants that are more drought-resistant or perennial food crops.
— Margaret Atwood
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What the mass media offers is not popular art, but entertainment which is intended to be consumed like food, forgotten,…
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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As people flock to urban centers where ground space is limited, cities with green walls and roofs and skyscraper farms…
— Diane Ackerman
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Man seeks to change the foods available in nature to suit his tastes, thereby putting an end to the very…
— Sai Baba
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Acorns were good until bread was found.
— Francis Bacon
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The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.
— Lucille Ball
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Cats are very independent animals. They're very sexy, if you want. Dogs are different. They're familiar. They're obedient. You call…
— Antonio Banderas
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I love food and feel that it is something that should be enjoyed. I eat whatever I want. I just…
— Tyra Banks
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