Causes Quote by Slug

He had drawn many a thousand of these rations in prisons and camps, and though he'd never had an opportunity to weight them on…

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

“In return for their faithful service, they would receive Red Army food rations, which amounted to a generous ladle, twice daily, from a cauldron…

— Alan Furst

It is probable that two proposed unknown rations are incommensurable because if many unknown rations are proposed it is most probable that any [one]…

— Nicole Oresme

Being deceived into thinking the perks of slavery are a good thing, we can easily aquire a preference for chains and a taste for…

— Dennis Green

“During World War II, when combat rations were tinned, meat hashes were a common entrée because they worked well with the filling machines. “But…

— Mary Roach

It is the daily; it is the small; it is the cumulative injuries of little people that we are here to protect…If we are…

— Learned Hand

I began conducting when I was in school, around age 12, because I was writing little theater pieces and wanted to perform them. And…

— George Benjamin

When the mind has a tendency to dream, it is a mistake to keep dreams away from it, to ration its dreams. So long…

— Marcel Proust

Even the distribution of rations leaves much to be desired; the fatigue party, well-intentioned and sympathetic though it be, often finds itself short of…

— Patrick MacGill

“Under the food-distribution system, regular workers were officially entitled to one and a half pounds of grain per day. For some perverse reason, farmers…

— Masaji Ishikawa

People don't realize where unsweet tea came from. During the war they had to ration sugar, so then everybody just had to drink bitter…

— Si Robertson

Life is like invading Russia. A blitz start, massed shakos, plumes dancing like a flustered henhouse; a period of svelte progress recorded in ebullient…

— Julian Barnes