Norman Douglas (George Norman Douglas) Quotes

The true cook is the perfect blend, the only perfect blend, of artist and philosopher. He knows his worth: he holds in his palm the happiness of mankind, the welfare of generations yet unborn.

Norman Douglas

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• I lived near Arthur's Seat when I lived in Edinburgh. It was the perfect playground as a child. I always have a wee run up there when I'm back.

  

  Sam Heughan
  • Up
  • Perfect
  • Always

• Whether it is Obamacare, the stimulus, Wall Street bailouts, the food safety bill - on vote after vote, Bill Nelson has chosen to side with Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, and President Obama over the people of Florida.

  

  Adam Hasner
  • People
  • Food
  • Wall

• The best way to lose weight is to close your mouth - something very difficult for a politician. Or watch your food - just watch it, don't eat it.

  

  Ed Koch
  • Food
  • Best
  • Diet

• Hubris itself will not let you be an artist.

  

  Larry Wall
  • You
  • Artist
  • Hubris

• I am writing to all the churches to let it be known that I will gladly die for God if only you do not stand in my way... Let me be food for the wild beasts, for they are my way to God.

  

  Ignatius of Antioch
  • God
  • Writing
  • Food

• The gradual decline of a society is often a self-induced process of trying to meet ever-expanding appetites, rather than a physical inability to produce past levels of food and fuel, or to maintain adequate defense.

  

  Victor Davis Hanson
  • Trying
  • Society
  • Past

• Heroes are never perfect, but they're brave, they're authentic, they're courageous, determined, discreet, and they've got grit.

  

  Wade Davis
  • Perfect
  • Brave
  • Grit

• I love home cooking, and I'm not a great one for fast food.

  

  Bear Grylls
  • Great
  • Food
  • Cooking

• I know the joy of skating on a clear cold day. I know the joy of getting off a perfect drive in golf. I know the delight of a fine meal after a long walk. These are real and wholesome, but all of them put together can not approach the thrill of ridding yourself of fear!

  

  Vash Young
  • Long
  • Real
  • Together

• Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. The perfect life is spread before us every day, but it changes and withers at a touch.

  

  J. B. Priestley
  • Life
  • Age
  • Perfect

• Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.

  

  Samuel Butler
  • Man
  • Food
  • Animal

• You can't feed a cat with cream and food in the kitchen and expect him to go catch mice.

  

  Olav Thon
  • You
  • Food
  • Cat

• It seems everyone wants to know if I have an eating disorder, and playing an anorexic character on 'Make it or Break It' probably didn't help much. To set the record straight, I certainly do not have an eating disorder. I think as anyone can gather, I love food, and it is not just a front to cover up the fact that I don't eat any.

  

  Alice Greczyn
  • Up
  • Character
  • Help

• Mobile is the perfect example of what is enabling economic growth in the technology sector.

  

  Max Levchin
  • Perfect
  • Technology
  • Growth

• I've always had so much admiration for my mom. She's so inspiring as a woman and as an artist.

  

  Jennifer Jason Leigh
  • Mom
  • Woman
  • Artist

• In my case, vertical food was less about standing things up than layering things: more an attempt to gain texture by weaving things together.

  

  Charlie Trotter
  • Up
  • Together
  • Food

• Our ancestors relied upon their advanced brains to survive during times of food shortage, and fortunately, the human brain is able to utilize body fat as an extremely efficient fuel to sustain function when glucose-providing food is unavailable.

  

  David Perlmutter
  • Food
  • Brain

• I order food like a normal human being. If I'm out to lunch, I'm going to order three courses like everybody else. I'm not going to feel like some kind of freak.

  

  Lisa Lampanelli
  • Food

• We also want to try and slow down all this foolishness that's going on between the East and West. We gotta understand that Hip Hop is now universal. Hip Hop is not East coast or West coast.

  

  Afrika Bambaataa

• Hold her for me. Hold her tight. Don't let her be lonely. Don't let her hurt. Please.

  

  Abbi Glines
  • Hurt
  • Hold
  • Tight

• I need to have my hands on the DNA of a film.

  

  Kathryn Bigelow

• The true cook is the perfect blend, the only perfect blend, of artist and philosopher. He knows his worth: he holds in his palm the happiness of mankind, the welfare of generations yet unborn.

  

  Norman Douglas
  • Food
  • Perfect
  • Artist