Quotes about Food

food noun
1 a : material consisting essentially of protein, carbohydrate, and fat used in the body of an organism to sustain growth, repair, and vital processes and to furnish energy; also : such food together with supplementary substances (as minerals, vitamins, and condiments) b : inorganic substances absorbed by plants in gaseous form or in water solution
2 : nutriment in solid form
3 : something that nourishes, sustains, or supplies (food for thought)
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"All I ask of food is that it doesn't harm me." -Horace Fletcher

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

"To as great a degree as sexuality, food is inseparable from imagination." -Jean-Francois Revel

"Pray for peace and grace and spiritual food, For wisdom and guidance, for all these are good, But don't forget the potatoes." -John Tyler Petee

"I hate people who are not serious about their meals." -Oscar Wilde

"What is food to one may be fierce poison to others." -Lucretius

"The primary requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite." -A. J. Liebling

"There is no love sincerer than the love of food." -George Bernard Shaw

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