Quotes about Appetite
They scavenge for food, and growl if they are not satisfied.
- Psalm 59:15
Yet before they had filled their desire, with the food still in their mouths,
- Psalm 78:30
A worker’s appetite works for him because his hunger drives him onward.
- Proverbs 16:26
and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite.
- Proverbs 23:2
Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
- Proverbs 23:3
All a man’s labor is for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied.
- Ecclesiastes 6:7
They carve out what is on the right, but they are still hungry; they eat what is on the left, but they are still not satisfied. Each one devours the flesh of his own offspring.
- Isaiah 9:20
He burns half of it in the fire, and he roasts meat on that half. He eats the roast and is satisfied. Indeed, he warms himself and says, “Ah! I am warm; I see the fire.”
- Isaiah 44:16
Come, all you beasts of the field; eat greedily, all you beasts of the forest.
- Isaiah 56:9
and wealth indeed betrays him. He is an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his own.
- Habakkuk 2:5
The most important thing about education is appetite.
- Winston Churchill
A faculty for idleness implies a catholic appetite and a strong sense of personal identity.
- Robert Louis Stevenson