"In general, I think, human beings are happiest……" — M.F.K. Fisher
"In general, I think, human beings are happiest at table when they are very young, very much in love or very alone."
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68 Quotes by M.F.K. Fisher
M.F.K. Fisher has 68 quotes on this site.
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A well-made Martini or Gibson, correctly chilled and nicely served, has been more often my true friend than any two-legged…
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For me, a plain baked potato is the most delicious one....It is soothing and enough.
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In America we eat, collectively, with a glum urge for food to fill us. We are ignorant of flavour. We…
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There are may of us who cannot but feel dismal about the future of various cultures. Often it is hard…
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Probably no strychnine has sent as many husbands into their graves as mealtime scolding has, and nothing has driven more…
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Family dinners are more often than not an ordeal of nervous indigestion, preceded by hidden resentment and ennui and accompanied…
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There is a communication of more than our bodies when bread is broken and wine is drunk. And that is…
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. . . gastronomical perfection can be reached in these combinations: one person dining alone, usually upon a couch or…
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Or you can broil the meat, fry the onions, stew the garlic in the red wine...and ask me to supper.…
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I sat in the gradually chilling room, thinking of my whole past the way a drowning man is supposed to,…
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Painting, it is true, was undergoing a series of -isms reminiscent of the whims of a pregnant woman.
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It is easy to think of potatoes, and fortunately for men who have not much money it is easy to…
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I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately…
— J. J. Abrams
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There's love, and certainly children you care about more than yourself. But nevertheless, we're alone in our heads.
— Paul Auster
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I really enjoy being single again. I spent a lot of time in a relationship and the nearer we came…
— Dido Armstrong
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India is the meeting place of the religions and among these Hinduism alone is by itself a vast and complex…
— Sri Aurobindo
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Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire her the more, no woman will like her…
— Jane Austen
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I hate cameras. They interfere, they're always in the way. I wish: if I could work with my eyes alone.
— Richard Avedon
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Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to…
— Teresa of Avila
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While the soul is in mortal sin, nothing can profit it; none of its good works merit an eternal reward,…
— Teresa of Avila
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The further we distance ourselves from the spell of the present, explored by our senses, the harder it will be…
— Diane Ackerman
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The average Nigerian person has come to reconcile himself with the fact that his or her social progress remain essentially…
— Ibrahim Babangida
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In today's interdependent world, a threat to one becomes a menace to all. And no state can defeat these challenges…
— Michelle Bachelet
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We neither laugh alone, nor weep alone, why then should we pray alone?
— Anna Letitia Barbauld
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