"It is all a question of weeding out……" — M.F.K. Fisher
"It is all a question of weeding out what you yourself like best to do, so that you can live most agreeably in a world full of an increasing number of disagreeable surprises."
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68 Quotes by M.F.K. Fisher
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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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Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than…
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I know not any season of life that is past more agreeably than virtuous old age.
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Upon the decease [of] my wife, it is my Will and desire th[at] all the Slaves which I hold in…
— George Washington
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Gaining money by my industry and frugality, I lived very agreeably. . . .
— Benjamin Franklin
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When doing everything according to indications, although things may not turn out agreeably to indication, we should not change to…
— Hippocrates
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I have been agreeably disappointed in my idea of the camels. They are far from unpleasant to ride; in fact,…
— William John Wills
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Always try to do something for the other fellow and you will be agreeably surprised how things come your way…
— Claude M. Bristol
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All black people who are even minimally conscious, black people who have ever experienced Europe's technological power crusading in the…
— Lewis Nkosi
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Women speak at an earlier age, more easily, and more agreeably than men; they are accused also of speaking more;…
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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The art of conversation consist as much in listening politely, as in talking agreeably.
— Hayley Atwell
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Life is short, if we are only said to live when we enjoy ourselves; and if we were merely to…
— Jean de la Bruyere
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They turned to Angel. "We will call you Little One," the leader said, obviously deciding to dispense with the whole…
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