#ono

The discovery of a new dish does more for the happiness of the human race than the discovery of a star. ↗

— Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

#astronomy-vs-gastronomy #food #happiness #food

1 billion people in the world are chronically hungry. 1 billion people are overweight. ↗

— Mark Bittman

#food #health #hunger #wealth #food

And he, like many jaded people, had few pleasures left in life save good food and drink. ↗

— Honoré de Balzac

#gluttony #happiness #pleasure #food

Your job today is to pass gas. You do that and we can start feeding you liquids. No fart, no food. ↗

— Khaled Hosseini

#honor #love #redemption #food

More die in the United States of too much food than of too little ↗

— John Kenneth Galbraith

#obesity #food

I may be stupid, as you say, to believe in honour and friendship and loyalty without price. But these are virtues to be cherished, for without them we are no more than beasts roaming the land. ↗

— David Gemmell

#honour #loyalty #trust #friendship

Putting food under lock and key was one of the great innovations of your culture. No other culture in history has ever put food under lock and key - and putting it there is the cornerstone of your economy.[...] Because if the food wasn't under lock and key, Julie, who would work? ↗

— Daniel Quinn

#food #my-ishmael #philosophy #food

Today, the rich are the haves and the poor are the have-nots. Tomorrow, the rich will be the have-food and the poor will be the have-not food. ↗

— Bill Gaede

#end-of-man #extinction #globalization #last-generation #mass-extinction

Food is a product of supply and demand, so try to figure out where the supplies are fresh, the suppliers are creative, and the demanders are informed. ↗

— Tyler Cowen

#food #supply-and-demand #food

My life is very monotonous," the fox said. "I hunt chickens; men hunt me. All the chickens are just alike, and all the men are just alike. And, in consequence, I am a little bored. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

#monotony #life