Food Proverbs Quotes & Sayings

Sophistication might be described as the ability to cope gracefully with a situation involving the presence of a formidable menace to one's poise and prestige ... — James Thurber

They were like two enemies in love with one another. — Fyodor Dostoevsky

Scripture said that "pride goes before fall". Just let pride go alone. Don't go in its company, else fall pursues both of you! — Israelmore Ayivor

In the house of the wise are stores of choice food and oil, but a foolish man devours all he has" (Proverbs 21:20, NIV). — Gary Chapman

Words are cold and formal things. — Harriet Hosmer

Whatever my recorded output is, it's a reflection of a general love of music. — Pat Metheny

This too shall pass. — Anonymous

Self-help and those stupid proverbs, they do nothing. Soul food? It's like trying to cure starvation with a sugar cube. It might taste sweet on the lips but once it dissolves, the emptiness is still there. — C. Sean McGee

Writers' trousers are famously unpredictable in many ways, but I haven't met another author whose trousers simply disintegrated en route to a reading. There I was, young and nervous and not wearing a frock due to poor body image issues, stuck on a late afternoon train, leafing through my notes in a preparatory way and yet also feeling, somehow, chilly. — A. L. Kennedy

Many people have got caught up in the belief known as the "Law of Attraction." They believe that by their thoughts, affirmations, and other "attraction" exercises they will become wealthy. However, the Tanakh wisely says, "In all work there is profit, but mere talk produces only poverty." (CJB, Proverbs 14:23). Only through work it is possible to produce results that create wealth and simply talking about wealth will not produce any results. The idea that wealth can come through thoughts or affirmations is a fantasy. "A hard worker has plenty of food, but a person who chases fantasies ends up in poverty" (CJB, Proverbs 28:19). — H.W. Charles

If your enemies are hungry, give them food to eat. If they are thirsty, give them water to drink. - Proverbs 25:21 — Gary Chapman

Principle of Change #5: Without proper action, change cannot occur. — Brett Blumenthal

When people are running up more and more debt for housing, they call that "real wealth." It exposes what's wrong in the mainstream economics and why most of the economics that justifies austerity programs and economic shrinkage is in the textbooks is not scientific. Junk economics denies the role of debt and denies the fact that the economic system we have now is dysfunctional. — Michael Hudson

Always Remember ... Once You Give Up Your Rights, You Can Never Get Them Back. Once You Turn On That Police State, You Can Never Turn It Off. — Ziad K. Abdelnour

Danger is the snack food of a true sleuth. — Mac Barnett