Quotes About Nourishment

Ningún mal resiste el remedio del trabajo y el consuelo de la comida.

They always shared equally, even if all they had was a handful of nuts or a piece of fruit. Today she had brought back fried fish and stewed onions with bread and other things that you would not put together if you had the luxury of considering the pleasure of the mouth.

I always have parmigiano-reggiano, olive oil and pasta at home. When people get sick, they want chicken soup; I want spaghetti with parmesan cheese, olive oil and a bit of lemon zest. It makes me feel better every time.

The only exercise I got as a kid was fork to mouth. Food was equated with love in my household. I thought you left the table when the zipper was down and you'd explode if you took another bite. I'd eat my plate and then everyone else's leftovers.

Worries go down better with soup than without.

Animals feed, man eats; die man of intellect alone knows how to eat.

Art is a staple, like bread or wine or a warm coat in winter. Man's spirit grows hungry for art in the same way his stomach growls for food.

Man doth not live by bread only.

Give us this day our daily bread.

We may live without friends; we may live without books; But civilized man cannot live without cooks.

I want every peasant to have a chicken in his pot on Sundays.

The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.

Bread is the staff of life.

Sleep, that knits up the ravell'd slave of care, The death of each day's life, sore labour's bath, Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course, Chief nourisher in life's feast.

If of thy mortal goods thoU art bereft, And from thy slender store two loaves alone to thee are left, Sell one, and with the dole Buy hyacinths to feed thy soul.

A good meal makes a man feel more charitable toward the whole world than any sermon.

A good meal ought to begin with hunger.

Thank God for dirty dishes; they have a tale to tell. While other folks go hungry, we're eating pretty well. With home, and health, and happiness, we shouldn't want to fuss; For by this stack of evidence, God's very good to us.

There are four things a child needs: plenty of love, nourishing food, regular sleep, and lots of soap and water.

Where our bread is concerned, it is a material matter. Where our neighbor's bread is concerned, it is a spiritual matter.

I wish that every child could have growing space because I think children are a little like plants. If they grow too close together, they become thin and sickly and never obtain maximum growth. We need room to grow.

We grow by love ... others are our nutriment.

Too many people just eat to consume calories. Try dining for a change.

You've got to tune out the other people and tune in to what's going on inside. Love yourself. Nourish your body.