“Hell no / I ain't going to go / Clean out my cell / And take my tail / To jail / Without bail / Because it's better there eating / Watching television fed / Than in Vietnam with your white folks dead.” WhiteHellTelevisionEatingCleanFolksCellsFedsJailVietnamTailsBailWatching Television Author:Muhammad Ali
“The Mackenzie had never met folk so poor in story and song and legends, and it moved him to a pity that pricked at his eyes. Without that tapestry of colour and words and ritual, what was life but eating and mating, sleeping and moving your bowels? All of them good and necessary, but not enough; and they themselves needed that framework too, to give them meaning.” GivingEnoughStoriesEyeMovingSongSleepPoorNeededMetsEatingMovedFolksPityHis EyesColourRitualLegendsFrameworkTapestryMatingBowels Author:S.M. Stirling
“I see it as one of my jobs to make sure that, it sounds ridiculous, but to make sure the folks are eating, make sure folks are getting enough fluids, make sure folks are, you know, comfortable in the orbiter.” KnowsEnoughJobsSoundComfortableEatingFolksRidiculousFluid Author:Duane G. Carey
“I eat till, honest, I felt every button on all my clo'es. The folks where we were stayin' were the old-fashioned hospitable kind; they didn't let you off till your jaws struck work and wouldn't wag no more.” KindFeltHonestEatingFolksButtonsOld FashionedWags Author:Laura E. Richards
“I tried eating vegetarian. I felt like a wimp going into a restaurant. "What do you want to eat sir? Broccoli?" Broccoli's a side dish, folks. Always was, always will be, OK! When they ask me what I want, I say: What do you think I want? This is America. I want a bowl of raw red meat right now.” ThinkingWantHumorFunnyAmericaAsksFeltSidesRight NowEatingRedFolksAsk MeMeatRestaurantsVegetarianBowlsDishesBroccoliRed MeatWimpsSide Dishes Author:Denis Leary
“Change is a pesky notion. For many folks, the biggest challenge in changing their eating habits isn't money, time, or education; it's reframing their connection between food and love.” ChallengesHabitEatingConnectionsAnd LoveNotionFolksEating HabitsReframingFood And Love Author:Kris Carr
“You white folks have long been eating the white meat of the chicken. We Negroes are now ready for some of the white meat instead of the dark meat.” LongDarkWhiteReadyEatingFolksMeatPatriotismChickens Author:Mary McLeod Bethune