Charles Mathias Quotes & Sayings

The brown bag, of course, had its imperfections. While some kids carried roast beef sandwiches, others had peanut butter. I have no way of knowing if all of those brown bags contained 'nutritionally adequate diets.' But I do know that those brown bags and those lunch pails symbolized parental love and responsibility. — Charles Mathias

People tend to want to follow the beaten path. The difficulty is that the beaten path doesn't seem to be leading anywhere. — Charles Mathias

Most of us are honest all the time, and all of us are honest most of the time. — Charles Mathias

I cannot help but wonder whether, by continuing and expanding the school lunch program, we aren't witnessing, if not encouraging, the slow demise of yet another American tradition: the brown bag. Perhaps we are beholding yet another break in the chain that links child to home. — Charles Mathias