“When I sit down to the feast of life ... I'm so busy planning on how to pick up the check, and wondering what the other people think of me for paying it, and wondering if I have enough money in my pocket to pay the bill, that I don't get around to eating.” PeopleIfsThinkingLifeEnoughPayWonderEatingPicksBillsBusyPlanningChecksPocketsThink Of Me Author:Frederik Pohl
“One can never be too rich or too thin' is an aphorism attributed to the Duchess of Windsor. Being both rich and thin is a difficult enterprise, indeed almost unprecedented as an ideal. Into the paradoxical gap between the capacity to spend money and the need to eat less steps a brilliant solution: 'light' food. In buying 'light' food we can pay more for what costs less to produce in the first place.” NeedsFirstsLightDifficultWealthPayStepsRichProduceCostEatingSolutionsCapacityIdealsBrilliantIronyBuyingEnterpriseGapsAphorismUnprecedentedParadoxicalDuchessWindsor Book:Much Depends on Dinner: The Extraordinary History and Mythology, Allure and Obsessions, Perils and Taboos of an Ordinary Mea Source: Much Depends on Dinner: The Extraordinary History and Mythology, Allure and Obsessions, Perils and Taboos of an Ordinary Mea
“Wine lovers know that putting some effort into understanding and appreciating wine pays big dividends. Skillful tasting unlocks wine's treasures. It adds an extra dimension to the basic routines of eating and drinking, turning a daily necessity into a celebration of life.” KnowsBigsUnderstandingEffortPayLoversEatingAppreciateWineAddDrinkingTreasureExtrasDimensionsCelebrationSkillfulTastingDividendsCelebration Of LifeEating And DrinkingWine Lovers Author:Marvin Shanken
“Some people take better care of their car than they do of their body. Most people, in fact, pay little attention to their body until something goes wrong. Yet why create that kind of situation? Look at what you are eating. How much and how often do you exercise? When was your last check-up? Are you treating your physical vehicle as if it is divine? Good for you if you are. If you aren't...why not?” PeopleIfsLooksKindLittlesFactsBodyCareLastsPayAttentionSituationCarDivineExerciseEatingChecksWhy NotVehicle Author:Neale Donald Walsch
“Evening attend two "fandangos." Girls not very pretty but exceedingly graceful. [You] pay a dime for a figure and refreshments foryour doxy, who instead of eating prudently stores her cakes, etc., in a basket to be taken home for the family.” TwoHomeGirlPayTakenFiguresEatingStoresEveningEtcCakeBasketsDimesRefreshmentsDoxies Author:Rutherford B. Hayes
“There's a price you pay for drinking too much, for eating too much sugar, smoking too much marijuana, using too much cocaine, or even drinking too much water. All those things can mess you up, especially, drinking too much L.A. water ... or Love Canal for that matter. But, if people had a better idea of what moderation is really all about, then some of these problems would ... If you use too much of something, your body's just gonna go the "Huh? ... Duh!"” PeopleIfsIdeasMatterUseProblemBodyWaterPayToo MuchEatingDrinkingYour BodyMessSmokingSugarMarijuanaModerationCocaineCanalsDuhDrinking Too Much Author:Frank Zappa
“Take pandemics. There could easily be a severe pandemic. A lot of that comes from something we don't pay much attention to: Eating meat. The meat production industry, the industrial production of meat, uses an immense amount of antibiotics.We're now running out of antibiotics that deal with the threat of rapidly mutating bacteria. A lot of that just comes from the meat production industry. Well, do we worry about it? Well, we ought to be.” WellsUseRunningDealsPayAttentionWorryIndustryOughtAmountEatingThreatProductionsMeatImmenseSevereBacteriaPandemicsAntibioticsEating MeatMeat Production Author:Noam Chomsky
“And if that weren't bad enough, the next sound he heard was a loud click. The damned woman had locked him out. She'd taken all the food and locked him out. "You'll pay for this!" he yelled at the door. "Do be quiet," came the muffled reply. "I'm eating.” IfsEnoughNextSoundPayTakenDoorsHeardQuietEatingLoudLockedClicks Author:Julia Quinn