A Quotes
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“Appetite comes with eating.....but thirst goes away with drinking.”
“Appetite for food and sex is human nature, shi se xing ye,' as the philosopher Gaozi said. Or, as the popular saying derived from the Book of Rites puts it: 'Eat, drink, man, woman' (yin shi nan nü). We are all animals, blessed with tongues, stomachs and sexual desires, in need of comfort and affection.”
Source: Invitation to a Banquet: The Story of Chinese Food
“Appetite for food and sex is nature.”
“Appetite has really become an artificial and abnormal thing, having taken the place of true hunger, which alone is natural. The one is a sign of bondage but the other, of freedom.”
Source: The Notebooks of Paul Brunton: Meditation. The body
“Appetite is embarrassing enough; visibly trying to satiate it, utterly mortifying.”
Source: You Exist Too Much
“Appetite is essentially insatiable, and where it operates as a criterion of both action and enjoyment (that is, everywhere in the Western world since the sixteenth century) it will infallibly discover congenial agencies (mechanical and political) of expression.”
Source: Marshall McLuhan: American advertising
“Appetite not interest makes the world go around. Did you know that we are daily led by our priorities, not our interests however varied they may be? We are interested in a lot of things that we do not act on but what brings us satisfaction and a sense of benefit is what we daily gravitate to and gravitate with a purpose. We will move heaven and earth to accomplish something we are passionate about while the things that lead us to yawn, we move away from as quickly as we can.”
“Appetite, a universal wolf.”
Source: The Shakespearian Dictionary, Forming a General Index to All the Popular Expressions, and Most Striking Passages in the Works of Shakespeare, from a Few Words to Fifty Or More Lines ... By T. Dolby
“Appetite, craving for food, is a constant and powerful stimulator of the gastric glands.”
“Appetite, n. An instinct thoughtfully implanted by Providence as a solution to the labor question.”
Source: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
“Appetite, with an opinion of attaining, is called hope; the same, without such opinion, despair.”
Source: The Essential Leviathan: A Modernized Edition
“Appetites have only one word in their vocabulary - MORE. Appetites are never fully and finally satisfied. Even after the most satisfying meal imaginable, we eventually find ourselves rummaging through the pantry for a snack.”
“Appius Livius Ocella made mistakes in his whole long existence. Perhaps changing Eric was his finest hour. He created the perfect vampire. Eric's only flaw is you.”
“Applaud my friends, the comedy is over... [on his death bed]”
“Applaud us when we prevail, correct us when we fail; but, above all, do not let this indispensable, irreplaceable institution wither, languish or perish as a result of Member States' indifference, inattention or financial starvation.”
Source: The quotable Kofi Annan: selections from speeches and statements by the Secretary-General
“Applaud us when we run, Console us when we fall, Cheer us when we recover.”
Source: The Speeches of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke, with Memoir and Historical Introductions. By James Burke
“Applaud your moving forward. Celebrate your on the go drive.”
“Applauds of the ignorant majority are worthless; applauds of the wise minority are priceless! Look carefully, who are applauding you? Look carefully, who are blessing you? Mud in the ground or stars in the sky?”
“Applause abates diligence.”
Source: The Beauties of Samuel Johnson, Etc. (A New Edition, Being the Ninth.).
“Applause honors the moment, not the man.”
Source: Love unleashed: Fathers love
“Applause is a constant thing in AA. It's how we buy drinks for each other.”
Source: Dry: A Memoir
“Applause is a receipt, not a bill.”
“Applause is a receipt, not a note of demand.”
“Applause is an instinctive, unconscious act expressing the sympathy between actors and audience. Just as our art demands more instinct than intellect in its exercise, so we demand of those who watch us an apppreciation of the simple unconscious kind which finds an outlet in clapping rather than the cold intellectual approval which would self-consciously think applause derogatory. I have yet to meet the actor who was sincere in saying that he disliked applause.”
Source: The Story of My Life: Recollections and Reflections
“Applause is interesting, but I'm a monster with or without it. Something is either well written or it isn't. 'White Rabbit' is not well written, and no amount of applause or royalties can convince me it is. I could have done a better job with those lyrics. They didn't say what I wanted.”
“Applause is not opinion. Applause is a feeling of love for the artist.”
“Applause is the beginning of abuse”
Source: Letters of Ted Hughes
“Applause is the most powerful thing... people talk about the sound of it, but what I hear is glee.”
“Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.”
“Applause lavished at a whim and without discernment, often proves the ruin of young people training for a stage career.”
“Applause should be an emotional response to the music, rather than a regulated social duty.”
“Applause that comes thundering with such force you might think the audience merely suffers the music as an excuse for its ovations.”
“Applause waits on success.”
“Applause was designed to bemuse and confuse you until it explodes into a chorus that reminds us why we love pop music.”
“Applause washed toward her, liquid and sparkling. People in the audience held up their phones to take her picture, cameras held like candles. She had enough vanity left to wish for privacy. In heaven, she thought, tired and uncomforted, the lights will be even brighter.
Maybe there it will not be so bad to be seen for what we are.”
Source: Amends
“Applause, applause, life is our cause.”
“Applause, mingled with boos and hisses, is about all that the average voter is able or willing to contribute to public life.”
“applause, n. The echo of a platitude.”
“Apple already had everyone's billing information from iTunes... you could buy things just by typing in your password... That, for the first time, brought very, very easy payment to the modern software world. That, more than anything, is why there is a business for paid apps.”
“Apple and apricot seeds contain a vitamin called B12, which I found to be illegal to sell in pharmacies. Now, this is very interesting. You can buy all kind of vitamins in pharmacies, but not B12. Why in the hell would the pharmaceutical industry make a vitamin that we can eat on our own, through seeds, illegal? I asked this question to employees in the pharmacies and many doctors, and they couldn't answer. They just kept looking at me as if I was trying to get ingredients to make my own synthetic drugs. For most people, what is illegal is really illegal. Most people are too stupid to think for themselves, even when my question is so obvious that they seem to have brain damage not to realize the relevance of such question.”
“Apple and Google will compete like crazy for our data because once they have it we'll be their customers forever.”
“Apple at the core, its core value, is that we believe that people with passion can change the world for the better. … And that those people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who actually do.”
“Apple cider vinegar acts to improve insulin sensitivity, which results in lower blood glucose levels and improves carb breakdown”
“Apple cider vinegar has a delicious, distinctive flavor that you can enjoy in a variety of dishes and preparations. Because it is fermented liquid, it offers extra-powerful nutritional value.”
Source: Apple Cider Vinegar Handbook: Recipes for Natural Living
“Apple Cider Vinegar has excellent antibacterial properties, but its benefit in your first aid kit go far beyond that, especially when it comes to your skin.”
Source: Apple Cider Vinegar Handbook: Recipes for Natural Living
“Apple cider vinegar has long been a staple in recipes and in home remedies. Some believe it is an age-old secret and a fountain of youth ingredient that you already have in your kitchen.”
Source: Apple Cider Vinegar Handbook: Recipes for Natural Living
“Apple cider vinegar improves cholesterol. Recent studies have shown that apple cider vinegar helps improve cholesterol levels.”
Source: Apple Cider Vinegar Handbook: Recipes for Natural Living
“Apple Cider Vinegar is a helpful tool in maintaining optimum health.”
Source: Apple Cider Vinegar Handbook: Recipes for Natural Living
“Apple cider vinegar is acidic, which can help in instances where your body’s pH is too alkaline.”
Source: Apple Cider Vinegar Handbook: Recipes for Natural Living
“Apple cider vinegar is arguably the most health-promoting of the vinegars.”
Source: Apple Cider Vinegar Handbook: Recipes for Natural Living