Quotes about food
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George Bernard Shaw1856–1950Man and Superman (1903), p. 23- George Bernard Shaw1856–1950Interview “Who I Am, and What I Think”, in Frank Harris’s periodical The Candid Friend (May 1901), reprinted in Sixteen Self Sketches, 1949, p. 53; quoted in Desmond King-Hele, Shelley: His Thought and Work, 1984, p. 42
Ralph Waldo Emerson1803–1882The Conduct of Life (1860), Fate
Leo Tolstoy1828–1910Writings on Civil Disobedience and Nonviolence (1886)Serenely full, the epicure would say,
Fate cannot harm me, I have dined today.
Sydney Smith1771–1845Lady Holland’s Memoir (1855), Vol. I, ch. 11, “Recipe for Salads”, p. 426Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.
Samuel Johnson1709–1784Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), Vol III (7 April 1779)Now at last I can look at you in peace, I don’t eat you anymore.
Franz Kafka1883–1924To a fish, after he became a vegetarian; as quoted in Max Brod, Franz Kafka: A Biography (1960), p. 74I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else.
Samuel Johnson1709–1784Life of Johnson (Boswell) (1763)Many’s a long night I’ve dreamed of cheese — toasted mostly.
OATS — A grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people.
Samuel Johnson1709–1784A Dictionary of the English Language (1755)- POP. J. O'Rourke1947–2022The Bachelor Home Companion (1986)
Mahatma Gandhi1869–1948Speech at Meeting in Lausanne (8 December 1931), in The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi (New Delhi: Publications Division Government of India, 1999 electronic edition), Volume 54, p. 272.If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
Carl Sagan1934–1996Cosmos (1980), p. 218We must change our diet. The planet can’t support billions of meat-eaters.
David Attenboroughborn 1926“Go vegetarian to save wildlife and the planet, Sir David Attenborough urges”. The Independent (26 August 2020)“It’s broccoli, dear.”
“I say it’s spinach, and I say the hell with it.”
E. B. White1899–1985Caption for a cartoon by Carl Rose in The New Yorker (8 December 1928)
