Basic sustenance Quotes

For the Anglo-Saxons, meat was the main meal of the day, which revolved around 'before-meat' and 'after-meat.' But it has ended up as the metaphor for the most basic: 'meat and potatoes' is as far from sassy - from 'sauce' - as you can get.

I asked for very little from life, and even this little was denied me. A nearby field, a ray of sunlight, a little bit of calm along with a bit of bread, not to feel oppressed by the knowledge that I exist, not to demand anything from others, and not to have others demand anything from me - this was denied me, like the spare change we might deny a beggar not because we're mean-hearted but because we don't feel like unbuttoning our coat.

To him who is stinted of food a boiled turnip will relish like a roast fowl.

Water must be free for sustenance needs. Since nature gives water to us free of cost, buying and selling it for profit violates our inherent right to nature's gift and denies the poor of their human rights.

My manner of living is plain and I do not mean to be put out of it. A glass of wine and a bit of mutton are always ready.

Square meals, not adventurous ones, are what you should seek.

Take the roof off the building where they are meeting, and limit them to bread and water.

It was time to take the pumpkin out of the pot and eat it. In the final analysis, that was what solved these big problems of life. You could think and think and get nowhere, but you still had to eat your pumpkin. That brought you down to earth. That gave you a reason for going on. Pumpkin.

My meals were easily made, for they were all alike and simple, only a cupful of tea and bread.

Many of America's historical cornbreads were staple breads for people who didn't have many other options.