Quotes About Appetite

Let him who is struggling against the power of appetite look to the Saviour in the wilderness of temptation. See Him in His agony upon the cross, as He exclaimed, "I thirst." He has endured all that it is possible for us to bear. His victory is ours.

If ever you do go back, what is it you want of Evesham?" "Do I know? [...] The silence, it might be ... or the stillness. To have no more running to do ... to have arrived, and have no more need to run. The appetite changes. Now I think it would be a beautiful thing to be still.

No, I don't take soup. You can't build a meal on a lake.

The more intense a spiritual leader's appetite for power, the more he is concerned to limit it to others.

Knowledge, having irritated and stimulated our appetite for power, will lead us inexorably to our ruin.

Torment, for some men, is a need, an appetite, and an accomplishment.

Boredom in the midst of paradise generated our first ancestor's appetite for the abyss which has won us this procession of centuries whose end we now have in view. That appetite, a veritable nostalgia for hell, would not fail to ravage the race following us and to make it the worthy heir of our misfortunes.

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On voudrait parfois être cannibale, moins pour le plaisir de dévorer tel ou tel que  pour celui de le vomir.

It is true that love is rooted in appetite, and that appetite has a survival value which I, at least, cannot find in the purely contemplative emotions.

The word love, when applied to the reproduction of the species, is the most hateful blasphemy which modern manners have taught us to utter. Nature, in raising us above the beasts by the divine gift of thought, had rendered us very sensitive to bodily sensations, emotional sentiment, cravings of appetite and passions. This double nature of ours makes of man both an animal and a lover.

There are four basic human needs; food, sleep, sex and revenge.

Human beings have a hard time regarding anything beautiful without wanting to devour it.

People ask me: why do you write about food, and eating and drinking? Why don't you write about the struggle for power and security, and about love, the way the others do? The easiest answer is to say that, like most other humans, I am hungry. —M. F. K. Fisher

The upside to grief is it takes away your appetite. When people say you look good they really mean it. Nature's thoughtful that way.

The appetite for power is old and irrepressible in humankind, and in its action almost always destructive.

the Conservative also recognizes that the political power on which order is based is a self-aggrandizing force; that its appetite grows with eating. He knows that the utmost vigilance and care are required to keep political power within its proper bounds.

Whether this desire for sex is moderate or not, it is usually called lust.

I could easily go one or two days without realizing that I'm so, so hungry. That's the negative outcome of what I've become.

My son loves my carbonara. I've tried to master that recipe - it's very simple but very delicate. Once prepared it must be eaten quickly.

The good thing about being a foodie is that not only are you eating well yourself, you always want to share your recipes, your experiences, your best restaurants with the world.

I love red meat.

I hope this doesn't sound harsh, but if you're not constantly craving breakfast every second of every day, you're not a real American. Y'know what, let's throw the Canadians in there, too.

You know, it's hard to beat bacon at anytime of day. But I also am a big fan of corned beef hash.