#petite

The heart which finds life in material wealth is usually certain to go farther and seek for more in the satisfaction of base and sullen appetites. ↗

— George A. Smith

#base #certain #farther #finds #go

Many people submit to excessive appetites without realizing that they do not need to eat so much food. ↗

— Kate Smith

#eat #excessive #food #many #much

Nature provides a free lunch, but only if we control our appetites. ↗

— William Ruckelshaus

#control #free #free lunch #lunch #nature

Parenthood is not an object of appetite or even desire. It is an object of will. There is no appetite for parenthood; there is only a purpose or intention of parenthood. ↗

— Robin G. Collingwood

#desire #even #intention #object #only

There is always a heavy demand for fresh mediocrity. In every generation the least cultivated taste has the largest appetite. ↗

— Paul Gauguin

#appetite #cultivated #demand #every #fresh

I think maybe when you live with someone who is really very ill for a long time, it somehow gives you more of a greedy appetite for life and maybe, yes, you are less measured in your behaviour than you would otherwise be. ↗

— Nigella Lawson

#behaviour #gives #greedy #i #i think

If the first requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite, the second is to put in your apprenticeship as a feeder when you have enough money to pay the check but not enough to produce indifference of the total. ↗

— A. J. Liebling

#appetite #apprenticeship #check #enough #first

The primary requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite. Without this, it is impossible to accumulate, within the allotted span, enough experience of eating to have anything worth setting down. ↗

— A. J. Liebling

#accumulate #allotted #anything #appetite #down

An insatiable appetite for glory leads to sacrifice and death, but innate instinct leads to self-preservation and life. ↗

— Jose Marti

#death #glory #innate #insatiable #instinct

The internet creates more of an appetite for media - it doesn't replace physical books, radio or TV. ↗

— Marissa Mayer

#books #creates #internet #media #more