Eike of Repgow famous quotes

He who comes first, eats first.
-- Eike of Repgow

#Food #Firsts

When you wake up in the morning, Pooh," said Piglet at last, "what's the first thing you say to yourself?" "What's for breakfast?" said Pooh. "What do you say, Piglet?" "I say, I wonder what's going to happen exciting today?" said Piglet. Pooh nodded thoughtfully. "It's the same thing," he said.

Food was celebration, conversation, and nourishment. The table is where the big decisions of the family are made and all the arguing takes place.

Desserts are like mistresses. They are bad for you. So if you are having one, you might as well have two.

Fat is a barrier, a bellicose statement to others that, to some, justifies hostility in kind. The world says to the fat person, "Your fatness is an affront to me, so we have the right to treat you as offensively as you appear." Fat is not merely viewed as another type of tissue, but as a diagnostic sign, a personal statement, and a measure of personality. Too little fat and we see you as being antisocial, fearful and sexless. Too much fat and we see you as slothful, stupid, and sexually hung up.

But I don't want nutrition. I want food!

This is not the first time in my life where you know going into a job that you're going to hear in stereo what was wrong with what you did.

If at first you don't succeed/You can dust it off and try again/Dust yourself off and try again.

Sometimes to heal, you must first get hurt.

The man who pauses on the paths of treason, Halts on a quicksand, the first step engulfs him.

That's already been tried before only means the first attempt got it wrong.