“Consider these people, then, their way of life, their habits, their manners, the very tones of their voice; look at them attentively; observe the literature they read, the things which give them pleasure, the words which come forth out of their mouths, the thoughts which make the furniture of their minds; would any amount of wealth be worth having with the condition that one was to become just like these people by having it?” PeopleWayGivingMindLooksLiteratureVoiceWealthPleasureConditionsAmountHabitMouthsMannersToneFurniture Book:Arnold: 'Culture and Anarchy' and Other Writings Source: Arnold: 'Culture and Anarchy' and Other Writings
“In medieval times the habit arose of expressing a man's wealth, no longer in terms of the amount of land in his estate, but of the amount of pepper in his pantry. One way of saying that a man was poor was to say that he lacked pepper. The wealthy lacked pepper. The wealthy kept large stores of pepper in their houses, and let it be known that it was there: it was a guarantee of solvency.” MenWayHouseTermWealthPoorKnownLandFoodAmountHabitCookingStoresOne WayGuaranteesCulinaryWealthyEstatesMedievalPeppersPantryMedieval Times Author:Waverley Root
“Fast food chains spend a large amount of marketing to get the attention of children. People form their eating habits as children so they try to nurture clients as youngsters.” PeopleTryingChildrenFormAttentionAmountHabitEatingMarketingChainsClientsNurtureFast FoodYoungstersFood ChainEating HabitsEating Fast Food Author:Eric Schlosser
“In regard to the amount of difference between the races, we must make some allowance for our nice powers of discrimination gained by a long habit of observing ourselves.” LongDifferencesRaceNiceAmountHabitRegardDiscriminationObservingAllowance Book:The Descent of Man (Diversion Classics) Source: The Descent of Man (Diversion Classics)
“It will never be the case that people won't eat meat. I think it could conceivably be the case one day that people eat very small amounts of it. That it's a special thing, rather than reach for it because it's cheap or reach for it because it's convenient, that it becomes something festive or something celebratory, once a week, and that could actually be achieved on small farms if we really changed our habits.” PeopleIfsThinkingCasesWeekSpecialChangedAmountHabitOne DayMeatFarmsConvenientSmall AmountsFestiveSpecial Things Author:Jonathan Safran Foer
“Now, all America sits in front of television sets and those television sets exude, I am sorry to say, a considerable amount of radioactive material. It's not huge, you know, but it's enough so that people who have made a habit of watching TV ... get the TV radiation.” PeopleKnowsMadeEnoughAmericaFrontsTelevisionMaterialsTvsHugeAmountHabitSorryRadiationI Am SorryAm SorryWatching Tv Author:L. Ron Hubbard