Michael Pollan Quotes

I love cooking. Not for myself alone. Cooking is about giving.

I love to cook for people. It's my honor, honestly. It's what I have to give.

For me, love always means spending time with people. And whenever you spend time with people, you're going to end up getting hungry at some point - so I bring food.

Cooking for people is an enormously significant expression of generosity and soulfulness.

I'm trying to teach people not to be selfish. That's the thing. If you have a good thing share it. Of course we're not in a sexual relationship.

We certainly can try to grow in love, and it is good practice, this giving what we've got, whether it is a cup of coffee or money to pay the grocery bill.

Not everyone is selfish in fashion. There are people who go to bed feeling good about themselves and then spread the love.

For me, cooking is an extension of love.

You have to be generous if you want to spend your time making someone else dinner. Even if you're charging, you're still giving.

You've got to give away what you love.

It is in giving that I connect with others, with the world and with the divine.

Caregiving has no second agendas or hidden motives. The care is given from love for the joy of giving without expectation, no strings attached.

If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.

I would like to be remembered as somebody who cared a great deal about people.

There's a great joy in my giving. It's thrilling. It's exhilarating. It's important to be a part of sharing. It is my love. It is my joy.

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!

Happiness held is the seed; Happiness shared is the flower.

Christmas is a tonic for our souls. It moves us to think of others rather than of ourselves. It directs our thoughts to giving.

I can't think of any sentiment which is finer than being in a position to give people something they like. I love giving, I am rather embarrassed at receiving.

Nearly every moment of every day, we have the opportunity to give something to someone else - our time, our love, our resources.

If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

Is there any practice less selfish, any time less wasted than preparing something nourishing and delicious for the people you love?

I feel I have this joy in my heart. I just want to make people feel.

That point of life when I learned I could cook, that always made me understand what cooks felt like feeding other people. It's okay to receive, but it's really cool to give, so food is to me sexy because it's the fact that someone is giving it to someone else.