Congee Quotes & Sayings

All religions are equally sublime to the ignorant, useful to the politician, and ridiculous to the philosopher. — Lucretius

A faith is something you die for, a doctrine is something you kill for. There is all the difference in the world. — Tony Benn

It so happens that the work which is likely to be our most durable monument, and to convey some knowledge of us to the most remote posterity, is a work of bare utility; not a shrine, not a fortress, not a palace, but a bridge. - MONTGOMERY SCHUYLER IN HARPER'S WEEKLY, MAY 24, 1883 — David McCullough

Ads featuring real women and real beauty are such a necessary component to offset the potentially dangerous programming out there for little girls. — Rashida Jones

The part of the brain most affected by early stress is the prefrontal cortex, which is critical in self-regulatory activities of all kinds, both emotional and cognitive. As a result, children who grow up in stressful environments generally find it harder to concentrate, harder to sit still, harder to rebound from disappointments, and harder to follow directions. And that has a direct effect on their performance in school. — Paul Tough

Normally, when congee is served, the different condiments and garnishes are placed in little bowls on the side so diners can make their own personal creations. — Yotam Ottolenghi

And now I was older, and the wishful props of future selves had lost their comforts. I might always feel some form of this, a depression that did not lift but grew compact and familiar, a space occupied like the sad limbo of hotel rooms. — Emma Cline

Prepare a little hot tea or broth and it should be brought to them ... without their being asked if they would care for it. Those who are in great distress want no food, but if it is handed to them, they will mechanically take it ' ... There was something arresting about the matter-of-fact wisdom here, the instinctive understanding of the physiological disruptions ... I will not forget the instinctive wisdom of the friend who, every day for those first few weeks, brought me a quart container of scallion-and-ginger congee from Chinatown. Congee I could eat. Congee was all I could eat. — Joan Didion

I like my kahva the way I like my women... hot and black."

"I like my kahva the way I like my men," she replied, her eyes half-lidded. "Ground up into tiny pieces and stored in a bag. — Patrick Weekes

The Internet is not a place. It's a great void, a black hole, from which you can call up an incredible amount of disorganized information. — Eleanor Antin