Eating

Some people have a foolish way of not minding, or pretending not to mind, what they eat. For my part, I mind my belly very studiously, and very carefully; for I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else. – Samuel Johnson

Real food is the stuff that fuels real life! – Kristina Turner, SelfHealingCookbook.com

The best General Rule for Diet that I can write, is to Eat and Drink only of such Foods—at such times,—and in such quantities—as Experience has convinced you, agree with your Constitution—and absolutely to avoid all other. – William Kitchiner (1775–1827), “Art of Invigorating Life,” The Art of Invi

Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity. – Voltaire

One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating. – Luciano Pavarotti and William Wright, Pavarotti, My Own Story

Take time enough for your meals, and eat them in company whenever you can. There is no need for hurry in life—least of all when we are eating. – Edward Everett Hale, “How to Get the Best of It,” c.1892

To avoid sickness eat less; to prolong life worry less. – Chu Hui Weng

Eat little, sleep sound. – Iranian proverb

Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm. – Ambrose Bierce

The spirit cannot endure the body when overfed, but, if underfed, the body cannot endure the spirit. – St Frances de Sales

All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast. – John Gunther

Never work before breakfast; if you have to work before breakfast, eat your breakfast first. – Josh Billings

Come, come! Let us go to breakfast. The morning air has given me a rude appetite. I long to say grace over a fresh egg… – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Hyperion, A Romance, “The Evening and the Morning St

No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut. – Channing Pollock

Food is an important part of a balanced diet. – Fran Lebowitz, Metropolitan Life, “Food for Thought and Vice Versa”

I eat merely to put food out of my mind. – N.F. Simpson

Dyspepsia is the remorse of a guilty stomach. – A. Kerr

Preserve and treat food as you would your body, remembering that in time food will be your body. – B.W. Richardson

They are sick that surfeit with too much, as they that starve with nothing. – William Shakespeare

Humans live on one-quarter of what they eat; on the other three-quarters lives their doctor. – Author Unknown