If more of us valued food and cheer and song above... -J. R. R. Tolkien

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If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.

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J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes to Explore

The proper study of Man is anything but Man; and the most improper job of any man, even saints (who at any rate were at least unwilling to take it on)...
Hobbits are an unobtrusive but very ancient people, more numerous formerly than they are today; for they love peace and quiet and good tilled earth: a...
If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world....
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us....
Myth and fairy-story must, as all art, reflect and contain in solution elements of moral and religious truth (or error), but not explicit, not in the ...
Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For ev...
It is plain indeed that in spite of later estrangement Hobbits are relatives of ours: far nearer to us than Elves, or even than Dwarves. Of old they s...
Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens....
You have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have....
Courage is found in unlikely places....

Food Quotes to Explore

When you open any kind of food service establishment, you do all this planning, but it's not until you've opened the door and people are inside that y...
Food is really important to me....
For me no good food is illuminated without acidity....
The simpler the food, the harder it is to prepare it well. You want to truly taste what it is you're eating. So that goes back to the trend of fine in...
I think Ross Noble is the only person that I've seen really storm a stand-up slot at a festival, and that was when he led 3,000 people on a conga out ...
I had been playing for about a year and a half when the Beach Boys formed. When our folks went to Mexico on business, we would take the food money the...
The most successful person is the one who is most inspired. That is true in food and in life....
I love flying so much. I even like airplane food. No one bothers you and your phone never goes off and you can't have emails go through. It's undistur...
I have never denied my background or my culture. I have taught my child to embrace her Mexican heritage, to love my first language, Spanish, to learn ...
It's fantastic to strive towards a nice life where you eat nice organic food and your children go to a nice school and you can afford nice clothes and...