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M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "I saved Latin. What did you ever do?"

I saved Latin. What did you ever do?



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "As you get older, the pickings get slimmer, but the people don't."

As you get older, the pickings get slimmer, but the people don't.




M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "Instant gratification takes too long."

Instant gratification takes too long.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "since we must eat to live, we might as well do it with both grace and gusto."

since we must eat to live, we might as well do it with both grace and gusto.




M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "Thus, our national circulating medium is now at the mercy of loan transactions of banks, which lend, not money, but promises to supply money they do not possess"

Thus, our national circulating medium is now at the mercy of loan transactions of banks, which lend, not money, but promises to supply money they do not possess



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "People see me and they squeal like tropical birds or seals stranded on the beach."

People see me and they squeal like tropical birds or seals stranded on the beach.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "Sharing our meals should be a joyful and a trustful act, rather than the cursory fulfillment of our social obligations."

Sharing our meals should be a joyful and a trustful act, rather than the cursory fulfillment of our social obligations.




M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "There may be a recession in stock prices, but not anything in the nature of a crash."

There may be a recession in stock prices, but not anything in the nature of a crash.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "Everything is negotiable. Whether or not the negotiation is easy is another thing."

Everything is negotiable. Whether or not the negotiation is easy is another thing.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "A well-made Martini or Gibson, correctly chilled and nicely served, has been more often my true friend than any two-legged creature."

A well-made Martini or Gibson, correctly chilled and nicely served, has been more often my true friend than any two-legged creature.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "Most bereaved souls crave nourishment more tangible than prayers: they want a steak."

Most bereaved souls crave nourishment more tangible than prayers: they want a steak.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "Romantic love is an obsession. It possesses you. You lose your sense of self. You can’t stop thinking about another human being."

Romantic love is an obsession. It possesses you. You lose your sense of self. You can’t stop thinking about another human being.




M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "Any kind of novelty or excitement drives up dopamine in the brain, and dopamine is associated with romantic love."

Any kind of novelty or excitement drives up dopamine in the brain, and dopamine is associated with romantic love.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "How much there is I want to do! I always feel that I haven't time to accomplish what I wish. I want to read much. I wanted to write a great deal. I want to make money."

How much there is I want to do! I always feel that I haven't time to accomplish what I wish. I want to read much. I wanted to write a great deal. I want to make money.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "Mania starts off fun, not sleeping for days, keeping company with your brain, which has become a wonderful computer, showing 24 TV channels all about you. That goes horribly wrong after awhile."

Mania starts off fun, not sleeping for days, keeping company with your brain, which has become a wonderful computer, showing 24 TV channels all about you. That goes horribly wrong after awhile.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "The statistician cannot excuse himself from the duty of getting his head clear on the principles of scientific inference, but equally no other thinking man can avoid a like obligation."

The statistician cannot excuse himself from the duty of getting his head clear on the principles of scientific inference, but equally no other thinking man can avoid a like obligation.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "Liberty is not to be enjoyed, indeed it cannot exist, without the habits of just subordination; it consists, not so much in removing all restraint from the orderly, as in imposing it on the violent."

Liberty is not to be enjoyed, indeed it cannot exist, without the habits of just subordination; it consists, not so much in removing all restraint from the orderly, as in imposing it on the violent.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "Faith does not mean credulity..."

Faith does not mean credulity...



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "The happiness of a people, and the good order and preservation of civil government, essentially depend on piety, religion, and morality."

The happiness of a people, and the good order and preservation of civil government, essentially depend on piety, religion, and morality.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "You know, it's a very sexist society, Indonesia."

You know, it's a very sexist society, Indonesia.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "I am vegetarian, though, and so is my family."

I am vegetarian, though, and so is my family.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "A monarchy is a merchantman which sails well, but will sometimes strike on a rock, and go to the bottom; a republic is a raft which will never sink, but then your feet are always in the water."

A monarchy is a merchantman which sails well, but will sometimes strike on a rock, and go to the bottom; a republic is a raft which will never sink, but then your feet are always in the water.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "There is no chiropractic treatment, no Yoga exercise, no hour of meditation in a music-throbbing chapel, that will leave you emptier of bad thoughts than this homely ceremony of making bread."

There is no chiropractic treatment, no Yoga exercise, no hour of meditation in a music-throbbing chapel, that will leave you emptier of bad thoughts than this homely ceremony of making bread.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "Almost every person has something secret he likes to eat."

Almost every person has something secret he likes to eat.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "What worries me is, what if this guy is really the one for me and I just haven't had enough therapy yet for me to be comfortable with having found him."

What worries me is, what if this guy is really the one for me and I just haven't had enough therapy yet for me to be comfortable with having found him.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "The world of manic depression is a world of bad judgment calls."

The world of manic depression is a world of bad judgment calls.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "The stock market is filled with individuals who know the price of everything, but the value of nothing."

The stock market is filled with individuals who know the price of everything, but the value of nothing.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "The main characteristics of romantic love are craving: an intense craving to be with a particular person, not just sexually, but emotionally."

The main characteristics of romantic love are craving: an intense craving to be with a particular person, not just sexually, but emotionally.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "One martini is just right. Two martinis are too many. Three martinis are never enough."

One martini is just right. Two martinis are too many. Three martinis are never enough.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "I have two moods. One is Roy, rollicking Roy, the wild ride of a mood. And Pam, sediment Pam, who stands on the shore and sobs... Sometimes the tide is in, sometimes it's out."

I have two moods. One is Roy, rollicking Roy, the wild ride of a mood. And Pam, sediment Pam, who stands on the shore and sobs... Sometimes the tide is in, sometimes it's out.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "I was into pain reduction and mind expansion, but what I've ended up with is pain expansion and mind reduction."

I was into pain reduction and mind expansion, but what I've ended up with is pain expansion and mind reduction.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "Be extra careful when buying into companies and industries that are the current darlings of the financial community."

Be extra careful when buying into companies and industries that are the current darlings of the financial community.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "A world without love is a deadly place."

A world without love is a deadly place.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "A writing cook and a cooking writer must be bold at the desk as well as the stove."

A writing cook and a cooking writer must be bold at the desk as well as the stove.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "My inner world seems largely to consist of three rotating emotions: embarrassment, rage, and tension. Sometimes I feel excited, but I think that's just positive tension."

My inner world seems largely to consist of three rotating emotions: embarrassment, rage, and tension. Sometimes I feel excited, but I think that's just positive tension.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "[the framers of the Constitution] intended our government should be a republic, which differs more widely from a democracy than a democracy from a despotism."

[the framers of the Constitution] intended our government should be a republic, which differs more widely from a democracy than a democracy from a despotism.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "Central heating, French rubber goods and cookbooks are three amazing proofs of man's ingenuity in transforming necessity into art, and, of these, cookbooks are perhaps most lastingly delightful."

Central heating, French rubber goods and cookbooks are three amazing proofs of man's ingenuity in transforming necessity into art, and, of these, cookbooks are perhaps most lastingly delightful.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "The end of the decline of the Stock Market will probably not be long, only a few more days at most."

The end of the decline of the Stock Market will probably not be long, only a few more days at most.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "There's no room for demons when you're self-possessed."

There's no room for demons when you're self-possessed.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "I always think of Meryl [Streep] for everything now. There really aren't many actresses around who are truly lucid the way she is."

I always think of Meryl [Streep] for everything now. There really aren't many actresses around who are truly lucid the way she is.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "My extroversion is a way of managing my introversion."

My extroversion is a way of managing my introversion.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "History is one damn thing after another."

History is one damn thing after another.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "Sometimes we fall in love with somebody who will probably never love us, for reasons having nothing to do with us but with their own mindset, their chemistry."

Sometimes we fall in love with somebody who will probably never love us, for reasons having nothing to do with us but with their own mindset, their chemistry.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "No man can be a sound lawyer in this land who is not well read in the ethics of Moses and the virtues of Jesus."

No man can be a sound lawyer in this land who is not well read in the ethics of Moses and the virtues of Jesus.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "I don't think Christmas is necessarily about things. It's about being good to one another, it's about the Christian ethic, it's about kindness."

I don't think Christmas is necessarily about things. It's about being good to one another, it's about the Christian ethic, it's about kindness.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "He doesn't move his face when he talks. His eyes are like shark eyes. Dead."

He doesn't move his face when he talks. His eyes are like shark eyes. Dead.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "There is always need for good foster parents, people who have room in their homes, the openhearted people."

There is always need for good foster parents, people who have room in their homes, the openhearted people.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "We're not very dangerous animals; we don't have a horn like a rhino or quills like a porcupine."

We're not very dangerous animals; we don't have a horn like a rhino or quills like a porcupine.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "The rights of conscience, of bearing arms, of changing the government, are declared to be inherent in the people."

The rights of conscience, of bearing arms, of changing the government, are declared to be inherent in the people.