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“[P]opulation, when unchecked, goes on doubling itself every twenty-five years, or increases in a geometrical ratio. ... [T]he means of subsistence, under circumstances the most favorable to human industry, could not possibly be made to increase faster than in an arithmetical ratio.”

Years Humans Mean Made Science Five Food Goes On Industry Circumstances Increase Twenties Faster Five Years Twenty Five Ratios Subsistence

Author:Thomas Malthus

“EUCHARIST, n. A sacred feast of the religious sect of Theophagi. A dispute once unhappily arose among the members of this sect as to what it was that they ate. In this controversy some five hundred thousand have already been slain, and the question is still unsettled.”

Stills Religious Five Food Thousand Members Hundred Sacred Cooking Culinary Controversy Disputes Sects Eucharist Religious Sects

Book:The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

Source: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

“It is always wise to make too much potato salad. Even if you are cooking for two, make enough for five. Potato salad improves with age - that is, if you are lucky enough to have any left over.”

Ifs Two Enough Age Left Five Too Much Wise Food Lucky Cooking Potatoes Salad Potato Salad

Author:Laurie Colwin

“There are five elements: earth, air, fire, water and garlic.”

Earth Water Fire Five Air Food Elements Garlic Five Elements

Author:Louis Diat

“When I was a young fellow I was knocked down plenty. I wanted to stay down, but I couldn't. I had to collect the two dollars for winning or go hungry. I had to get up. I was one of those hungry fighters. You could have hit me on the chin with a sledgehammer for five dollars. When you haven't eaten for two days you'll understand.”

“Don't eat anything your great-grandmother wouldn't recognize as food. Don't eat anything with more than five ingredients, or ingredients you can't pronounce.”

Five Food Health Grandmother Ingredients Health Food Great Grandmother

Author:Michael Pollan

“The [Five Second Rule] has many variations, including The Three Second Rule, The Seven Second Rule, and the extremely handy and versatile The However Long It Takes Me to Pick Up This Food Rule.”

Long Three Five Food Picks Seven Including Take Me Variation Handy Versatile

Book:The Book of Awesome

Source: The Book of Awesome

“Soup is cuisine's kindest course. It breathes reassurance; it steams consolation; after a weary day it promotes sociability, as the five o'clock cup of tea or the cocktail hour.”

Courses Hours Party Five Food Breathe Cups Tea Clock Weary Soup Consolation Steam Cocktails Cuisine Cups Of Tea Reassurance Sociability

Book:The Soup Book: 770 Recipes

Source: The Soup Book: 770 Recipes

“The fine arts are five in number, namely: painting, sculpture, poetry, music, and architecture, the principal branch of the latter being pastry.”

Art Numbers Five Food Painting Fine Architecture Branches Latter Principal Sculpture Fine Arts Pastries

Author:Marie-Antoine Careme

“The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death.”

Life Humans Facts Purpose Sleep Five Food Birth Enlightenment Human Life Meaning Of Life Birth And Death Love And Death Delicious Food Birth Life Love Sleep

Author:E. M. Forster