Robert Louis Stevenson on food

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your inspiration with others.

To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.

Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.

Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.

Mark Twain1835–1910

You can tell a lot about a fellow’s character by his way of eating jellybeans.

Ronald Reagan1911–2004

I’m at an age where I think more about food than sex. Last week I put a mirror over my dining room table.

Rodney Dangerfield1921–2004

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