“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
“[There are m]oral precepts that we consider really important, such as 'don't pick your nose' or 'don't eat peas with a knife'. There may, for ought I know, be admirable reasons for eating peas with a knife, but . . . early persuasion has made me completely incapable of appreciating them.” KnowsMayMadeImportantReasonOughtEatingPicksAppreciateNosesKnivesIncapablePersuasionAdmirablePeas Book:Power: A New Social Analysis Source: Power: A New Social Analysis
“On my days off I pick up our chicken's eggs. My wife and I have five chickens called The Spice Girls. Five lovely chicks. And no, we won't be eating any of them for Christmas dinner.” GirlFiveWifeEatingPicksDinnerMy WifeLovelyEggsChickensSpicesChicksDays OffSpice GirlsChristmas Dinner Author:John Nettles
“The sense of it may come with watching a flock of cedar waxwings eating wild grapes in the top of the woods on a November afternoon. Everything they do is leisurely. They pick the grapes with a curious deliberation, comb their feathers, converse in high windy whistles. Now and then one will fly out and back in a sort of dancing flight full of whimsical flutters and turns. They are like farmers loafing in their own fields on Sunday. Though they have no Sundays, their days are full of sabbaths.” MayTurnsFieldsEatingPicksDancingWoodsFlightCuriousSundayFarmersAfternoonNow And ThenFeathersGrapesNovemberFlocksSabbathConversesDeliberationCombsWindyWhimsicalCedarsLoafing Author:Wendell Berry
“I make sure to sleep eight hours, and I'm much better about eating, because I'm not standing in front of my pantry. I go to the market and pick up little carrot nubs.” LittlesHoursSleepFrontsEatingPicksStandingEightCarrotsPantry Author:Lisa Loeb
“William: You're just gonna have to take who I give you and deal Paris: Like anyone would pick you over me. William: You just wait and see. I'll have every single on of them eating out of my hand. Paris: Only if you had one of those delicious fried Twinkies. Strider rolled his eyes. Egotistical morons. Anyone with a set of eyes could see that Strider was the pretty one in their little three-some.” IfsGivingLittlesHandsEyeThreeWaitingDealsEatingPicksParisHis EyesDeliciousMoronEgotisticalStriderEating Out Author:Gena Showalter