Appetite Proverbs

Sayings about Appetite

An excellent compilation of proverbs and sayings about Appetite that convey meaningful lessons drawn from life experiences of various Nations, followed by quotations from the world's greatest authors and leaders.

Appetite comes with eating; the more one has, the more one would have. ~ French Proverb

For a good appetite there is no hard bread.~ Dutch Proverb

No sauce like appetite. ~ French Proverb

Nothing improves the taste of pasta more than a good appetite. ~ Italian Proverb

The death that will kill a man begins as an appetite.~ Nigerian Proverb

New dishes beget new appetites.~ Danish Proverb

A waiting appetite kindles many a spite.~ Italian Proverb

The poor looks for food and the rich man for appetite.~ Indian Proverb

A woman's appetite is twice that of a man's; her sexual desire, four times; her intelligence, eight times.~ Sanskrit Proverb

A good appetite needs no sauce. ~ Polish Proverb

Stolen bread stirs the appetite.~ French Proverb

Quotations about Appetite

All things require skill, but an appetite.~ George Herbert

The primary requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite. ~ Robert M. Parker, Jr.

Let the stoics say what they please, we do not eat for the good of living, but because the meat is savory and the appetite is keen. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

A well governed appetite is the greater part of liberty. ~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Always rise from the table with an appetite, and you will never sit down without one. ~ Horace Greeley

Any man today who returns from work, sinks into a chair, and calls for his pipe is a man with an appetite for danger. ~ Bill Cosby

When you do something with a lot of honesty, appetite and commitment, the input reflects in the output. ~ A. R. Rahman

I find that the Americans have no passions, they have appetites.~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite. ~ Quintilian

Curiosity in children, is but an appetite for knowledge.~ John Locke

Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature. ~ Charles Dickens

The primary requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite. Without this, it is impossible to accumulate, within the allotted span, enough experience of eating to have anything worth setting down. ~ A. J. Liebling

Appetite as it relates to the human being, the person. How do you find appetite for what you do? How do you relate to appetite? How do you get appetite, not only for a meal but also to do the work you do? ~ Rene Redzepi

The hunger to win must not die… The appetite has to remain big. ~ Kapil Dev

The most violent appetites in all creatures are lust and hunger; the first is a perpetual call upon them to propagate their kind, the latter to preserve themselves.~ Joseph Addison

There is always a heavy demand for fresh mediocrity. In every generation the least cultivated taste has the largest appetite. ~ Paul Gauguin

My appetite comes to me while eating. ~ Michael Eyquen de Montaigne

Society is composed of two great classes, those that have more dinners than appetite, and those who have more appetite than dinners. ~ Sebastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort

A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite. ~ Leo Tolstoy

Choose rather to punish your appetites than be punished by them. ~ Tyrius Maximus

Even in the centuries which appear to us to be the most monstrous and foolish, the immortal appetite for beauty has always found satisfaction. ~ Charles Baudelaire

Young children and chickens would ever be eating.~ Thomas Tusser

Now good digestion wait on appetite, And health on both!~ William Shakespeare

Keen appetite And quick digestion wait on you and yours.~ John Dryden

Govern well thy appetite, lest Sin Surprise thee, and her black attendant Death.~ John Milton

The sweetest honey Is loathsome in his own deliciousness And in the taste confounds the appetite. ~ William Shakespeare

A child’s appetite for new toys appeal to the desire for ownership and appropriation: the appeal of toys comes to lie not in their use but in their status as possessions. ~ Christopher Lasch

Just as appetite comes by eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning. ~ Igor Stravinsky

People think that if you have a huge appetite, then you’ll be better at it. But actually, it’s how you confront the food that is brought to you. You have to be mentally and psychologically prepared. ~ Takeru Kobayashi

Feeding our energy appetite is top of mind for many people these days. ~ David Suzuki

Appetite, craving for food, is a constant and powerful stimulator of the gastric glands. ~ Ivan Pavlov

Saying about appetite


Appetite and Food Intake: Behavioral and Physiological Considerations. ~ Book preview