Quotes About Simplicity

Buy the best you can find or afford and don't over manipulate it. If I cook a scallop, the best praise you can give me is that it tastes like a scallop.

Let's say I find a lot of current American fiction too overwritten for my tastes, too self-conscious; I like something that's simpler and more direct. The story is what matters to me. I hope to make it seem real to readers, as if it happened just like this - so I don't want fancy descriptions getting in the way.

The older I got, the less pretentious I got in my art tastes and work.

I got simple tastes. Don't go in for all that flashy business.

I don't want to hack my dinner, and I don't want to disrupt my cookware. I just want to cook tasty food like everyone else, using cookware that works. But if someone comes along with a product that is genuinely better, well, I'm all ears.

A lot of people believe Italian food is tasty because there are a lot of ingredients. But they don't understand that the reason why it's tasty is because there are less ingredients than in any other cuisine.

My parents taught me to do whatever makes you happy - follow your bliss. That's why I don't make a lot of movies. I'm very meat and potatoes when it comes to work, putting in eight hours each day. I only do what I love.

I was like any other kid: very normal, I can say. I just was a simple kid that came from a humble family and was taught by my father to be a family man and be committed to them. I stepped into boxing following my older brothers.

Having a lower tax, simpler, fairer, flatter tax system is something that can drive growth.

We can fight over what the taxation levels should be, but the tax system should be very, very simple and not distortionary.

Taxes should be simple and fair... I'm not for increasing income taxes - if we even have an income tax.

I'm really appreciating the value of a Chuck Taylor as I get older.

Nothing chills out the soul like the comfort of tea and a potato.

I do old man things by default, just stay in the hotel room, eat oatmeal, and drink tea.

I'm a deeply boring person in real life; I don't do any drinking and going out until four in the morning. I'll usually head straight home for a cup of tea.

I have moong for breakfast with tea, and dal, chawal and sabzi for lunch. For dinner, I just have milk.

I have never taken supplements or steroids in my life and the only luxury I allow myself is tea.

If I was hosting a high tea at home the last thing I would want to do is make it too fussy for myself.

I have a very strict regimen of showing up at my desk at a certain hour with my cup of green tea. It is very quiet. I don't like having a lot of atmosphere around.

It's something he used to say when he was happy. It could be a very, very simple day. We might be sitting out on the front lawn. Dad loved classical music and we might be listening to some Stravinsky or something and having some tea and eggs. And he'd say, 'Oh, good stuff, isn't it?'

There are a few roles I want to play, but mostly I just want to keep doing a play every now and then, watch kids grow and eat cookies and drink tea.

Ashley Madekwe

Mam was always saying we had a simple diet: tea and bread, bread and tea, a liquid and a solid, a balanced diet - what more do you need? Nobody got fat.

Planning things is neither my cup of tea nor my choice. Same applies to books too.