William Least Heat-Moon Quotes

And what most people don't understand is the bulk of business in this country is small business.

My food hero has to be Auguste Escoffier. And the villain? The man who's been most responsible for the death of food in my time is Ronald McDonald. He's always scared me, I think he's evil - he's a wolf in sheep's clothing. Him and the Hamburglar.

Supermarkets must not eliminate the individual retailers and market roads like the Northcote.

The tax incentives in place for 'House of Cards' in Maryland have resulted in hundreds and hundreds of jobs and not just for actors, but for carpenters and waitresses and hotel workers. The amount of hotel nights and meals that the production of a television series brings to a state is staggering.

For the Nugent family, fast food is a running herbivore.

Subway is a real point of pride. We have influenced the way people eat.

Small business is crucial. I think we talk so much about large businesses, they're well represented; they talk well for themselves. But most people work for small businesses; most wealth that stays in a community gets generated from them.

In some cities, McDonald's rules, but Seattle is ruled by teriyaki joints.

If people support independently owned small businesses in their community, they can make a difference.

The butcher, baker, and candlestick maker have been around a lot longer than supermarkets and Wal-Mart.

When we get in late and the only thing open is fast food, it can be tough to maintain a healthy diet.

McDonald's is over with. But chips and candy and stuff, it's going to be hard to get away from that.

Tony Awards boost Broadway attendance and sell the shows on the road. They're the sugar to swat the fly. If you needed more explanation for the yearly ballyhoo, in the metropolitan areas where a Broadway show plays, the local economy is boosted by three and a half times the gross ticket sales. So when we're talking Tonys, we're talking moolah.

In our fast-forward culture, we have lost the art of eating well. Food is often little more than fuel to pour down the hatch while doing other stuff - surfing the Web, driving, walking along the street. Dining al desko is now the norm in many workplaces. All of this speed takes a toll. Obesity, eating disorders and poor nutrition are rife.

I can live without fast food.

There's something about strip malls that just reeks of my childhood.

Anytime the president visits Nebraska its good for Nebraska.

When we first moved to Scarborough, there was one Sri Lankan grocery store - now there's a take-out on every corner, each with some specialty or another. You can get what you want the way you want it, and that's very different from the way it used to be.

Did you ever see the customers in health - food stores? They are pale, skinny people who look half - dead. In a steak house, you see robust, ruddy people. They're dying, of course, but they look terrific.

Oh yes, there's lots of great food in America. But the fast food is about as destructive and evil as it gets. It celebrates a mentality of sloth, convenience, and a cheerful embrace of food we know is hurting us.

You know most of the food that Americans hold so dear - things like hamburgers and hot dogs - were road food, but even before they were road food, they were peasant food.

The problem with living in a fast-food nation is that we expect food to be cheap.

Junk food's not going anywhere. The specifics of what's being snacked on, and what's considered 'junk' and what's 'healthy' will change, of course, depending on what's available.

I eat fast food all the time.

The day of the dirty, greasy hamburger is passed.