Meals Quotes - Page 19

• I believe in eating smaller meals more often throughout the day to keep the metabolism going. Don't deprive yourself, just make better choices. At 50 years old it is definitely a lot harder to stay in shape then it was when I was in my 20's.

  Todd English

  Believe, Years, Choices

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• If eating out, order your meal and ask the server to wrap up half of the portion to take home with your for the next day, keeping your portion size in check, and stretching your dollar into two meals.

  Cat Cora

  Home, Order, Two

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• My father was a lorry driver, very rarely at home. The house was run by my mother, and because there were 10 or so kids, there was no time for individual attention. It was about survival. It was about where the next meal was coming from.

  Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

  Mother, Running, Father

  "Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje: 'I didn't want to be black. So I joined the skinheads...'" by Andrew Anthony, www.theguardian.com. May 12, 2012.

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• I have a real dog-like mentality, in that it's like, 'Where is my next meal coming from? Am I ever gonna eat again? Will I ever write another song again? Will anyone show up for tour?' I think it comes from being really poor as a kid.

  Neko Case

  Dog, Song, Real

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• Dinner is a great first date. Don't believe that stuff about girls not wanting to eat on a first date - sharing a romantic meal is so sexy.

  Carmen Electra

  Girl, Sexy, Believe

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• Whatever hardships there have been in my life I still live in a very privileged position. Fear is not knowing where your next meal is coming from. Fear is seeing a child get hurt. Fear is watching someone you love waste away. Fear is knowing you are going to die yourself. But there's no fear in what I do. I write books.

  James Frey

  Hurt, Children, Book

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• My parents both worked full time. I remember a lot of simple meals. Everything I know about cooking is self-schooled.

  Tyler Florence

  Simple, Self, Parent

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• I still think the best classic meal in New York is a coffee-shop breakfast - you sort of can't skip it.

  Adam Gopnik

  New York, Coffee, Thinking

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• When my children were growing up, we began every family meal - which included breakfast and dinner every day - with a prayer. We are Jewish and so it was the prayer over bread, when we were having bread, or the catch-all prayer for everything when we weren't.

  Ezekiel Emanuel

  Prayer, Children, Growing Up

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• I'ma make sure the family keep a decent meal, no matter what I got to do or who I got to kill.

  Lil' Kim

  Reality, Matter, Decent

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• An ugly woman cooks your meals on time, and she'll always treat you kind.

  Jimmy Soul

  Ugly, Kind, Treats

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• I let her do some of my laundry and she slipped in a few meals in between, and next thing I remember, she was all moved in.

  Jackson Browne

  Next, Remember, Laundry

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• This world is divided roughly into three kinds of nations: those that spend lots of money to keep their weight down; those whose people eat to live; and those whose people don't know where their next meal is coming from.

  David Landes

  People, Political, Three

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• If one sins against the laws of proportion and gives something too big to something too small to carry it - too big sails to too small a ship, too big meals to too small a body, too big powers to too small a soul - the result is bound to be a complete upset. In an outburst of hubris the overfed body will rush into sickness, while the jack-in-office will rush into the unrighteousness that hubris always breeds.

  Plato

  Law, Giving, Office

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• I think that a lot of us at home are iron chefs in their own right in that we have to come up with meals real quickly.

  Jose Garces

  Real, Home, Thinking

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• I eat 230 grams of protein daily, 308 grams of carbohydrates, maybe 70 grams of fat. I can have one cheat meal a week but it can't be that I eat until I'm stuffed; I eat until I'm satisfied.

  Tyson Gay

  Cheat, Week, Protein

  "Tyson Gay" by Dave Golokhov, www.askmen.com.

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• I love soup 'cause I don't like to cook. It's so easy to prepare, and it fills you up and gives you all the nutrients you need. It's a well-balanced meal, but you don't have to do a lot of preparation.

  Carrie Ann Inaba

  Giving, Preparation, Needs

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• And, I believe that one of the most loving things you can do is prepare a meal for someone you love. None of which I know how to do!

  Gayle King

  Believe, Someone You Love, Know How

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• I can trace every romance of my life back to a meal. My memories are enhanced by the tender morsels had at tables across from lovers, on blankets with friends who'd eventually become more, in banquets, barbecues, and breakfasts.

  Stephanie Klein

  Memories, Romance, Breakfast

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• Art shows us that human beings still matter in a world where money talks the loudest, where computers know everything about us, and where robots fabricate our next meal and also our ride there.

  John Maeda

  Art, World, Matter

  "If Design's No Longer the Killer Differentiator, What Is?" by John Maeda, www.wired.com. September 21, 2012.

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• At 13, when I was a runaway, I was taken in by the most amazing drag queens in Portland, Ore. We didn't always know where our next meal was coming from, but there was so much camaraderie and love. Not to mention, those girls could paint a face, and I learned how because of them.

  Rose McGowan

  Girl, Queens, Taken

  "Rose McGowan On Childhood As Runaway With Drag Queens, Not Being Bi-Sexual". www.huffingtonpost.com. August 11, 2011.

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• As awesome as it is to be with a big act and get three catered meals a day and get a dressing room with an actual shower in it, it's hard sometimes as a new artist to come across in 25 minutes. You get 25 minutes to hopefully impress these people. I think the longer set is more suitable for us and gives us an opportunity to connect better.

  David Nail

  Opportunity, Thinking, Artist

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• I wouldn't say that processed food, ready meals and even takeaways aren't relevant to modern life, it's just that over the past 40 years there are three generations of people who have come out of school and gone through their home life without ever being shown how to cook properly.

  Jamie Oliver

  School, Home, Past

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• It's very clear that there's a lot of double standards going on. Should there be a 30mph speed limit? Of course there bloody should. And certainly with kids and school food, kids need to be nannied for sure. So give them a bloody good meal at school.

  Jamie Oliver

  School, Kids, Giving

  "Jamie Oliver: 'No one understands me. No one'" by Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. October 11, 2010.

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• I was your typical struggling actress. I went to every audition, took a million acting, dancing and singing lessons and spent years wondering where my next meal was coming from.

  Cassandra Peterson

  Struggle, Years, Dancing

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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