Happiness is perhaps painlessness, a state one rarely appreciates. Happiness, then, is very much like a great talent. It rarely gets appreciated and is taken for granted.
Fat people who want to reduce should take their exercise on an empty stomach and sit down to their food out of breath.... Thin people who want to get fat should do exactly the opposite and never take exercise on an empty stomach.
A wise man once said that a person is known by
the company he keeps, but could then also add that the character of the
company is known by the people it keeps for the longest days, especially
at the strategic decision making level.
I will not listen to your verse on an empty stomach!" declared the Vicomte. "You have no soul," said Philippe sadly. "But I have a stomach, and it cries aloud for sustenance." "I weep for you," said Philip. "Why do I waste my poetic gems upon you?
A man is judged by the company he keeps, and a company is judged by the men it keeps, and the people of Democratic nations are judged by the type and caliber of officers they elect.
A man is known by the company he keeps, but a woman is known by the company she keeps waiting.
When we talk about democracy, if the people's stomach is empty, democracy is also empty. Democracy can not be installed by fiat; it must be achieved by the people themselves.
I don't believe in dining on an empty stomach.
No man can be wise on an empty stomach.
It's no fun to protest on an empty stomach.
No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
To a man with an empty stomach food is God
A kid cannot learn with an empty stomach.
An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.
A hungry stomach rarely despises common food.
You can't act on an empty stomach, because you're breathing's all wrong.