Food & Drink Sayings

144 sayings found from the Modern era from 144 authors

The great thing about a man is that he can endure anything.

— Ernest Hemingway Unknown
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I write for the same reason I breathe – because if I didn't, I would die.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald Undated
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The first condition for immortality is death.

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez 1967
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My greatest fear is not death, but oblivion.

— Jorge Luis Borges 1970s
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Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

— Oscar Wilde Late 19th Century
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The greatest poem is the one that has yet to be written.

— Walt Whitman Undated
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The Frost of Death was on the Pane —

— Emily Dickinson c. 1868
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The greatest thing an education can give a man is the ability to think for himself.

— Robert Frost c. 1940s
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I'm not interested in being a Beat Generation icon. I'm interested in being a human being.

— Allen Ginsberg Undetermined
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Your body is a temple, but only if you treat it as one.

— William S. Burroughs Undetermined
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If you want to write, if you want to create, you must be the most sublime fool that God ever created.

— Ray Bradbury 1990
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The greatest gift you can ever give another person is your own happiness.

— Philip K. Dick 1981
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My mind is a muddle. I can't write a coherent sentence. I'm going to go eat a cookie.

— Ursula K. Le Guin 2016
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May your beer be ample and your days be merry.

— J.R.R. Tolkien 1937
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The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.

— Roald Dahl 1961
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You're off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So... get on your way!

— Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel) 1990
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I like things to be neat and tidy. I like things to be in order.

— Agatha Christie 1977
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Detection is, or ought to be, an exact science and should be treated in the same cold and unemotional manner.

— Arthur Conan Doyle 1887
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Words are like leaves; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found.

— Alexandre Dumas Mid-19th century
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It is a great shock to discover that the world is not as it is supposed to be when you're a child.

— James Baldwin 1961
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