Alexis Soyer quotes

“It matters not how simple the food - a chop, steak or a plain boiled or roast joint, but let it be of good quality and properly cooked, and everyone who partakes of it will enjoy it.”
-- Alexis Soyer

Source : Alexis Soyer (1959). “Soyer's cookery book”

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“Pork - no animal is more used for nourishment and none more indispensable in the kitchen; employed either fresh or salt, all is useful, even to its bristles and its blood; it is the superfluous riches of the farmer, and helps to pay the rent of the cottager.”
-- Alexis Soyer

Source : Alexis Soyer (1851). “The Modern Housewife: Or, Ménagère. Comprising Nearly One Thousand Receipts, for the Economic and Judicious Preparation of Every Meal of the Day, and Those for the Nursery and Sick Room; and Minute Directions for Family Management in All Its Branches. Illustrated with Engravings Including the Modern Housewife's Unique Kitchen, and Magic Stove”, p.198

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“Sauces in cookery are like the first rudiments of grammar - the foundation of all languages.”
-- Alexis Soyer

Source : Alexis Soyer (1851). “The Modern Housewife: Or, Ménagère. Comprising Nearly One Thousand Receipts, for the Economic and Judicious Preparation of Every Meal of the Day, and Those for the Nursery and Sick Room; and Minute Directions for Family Management in All Its Branches. Illustrated with Engravings Including the Modern Housewife's Unique Kitchen, and Magic Stove”, p.88

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“What is more refreshing than salads when your appetite seems to have deserted you.”
-- Alexis Soyer

Source : Alexis Soyer (1855). “A Shilling Cookery for the People: Embracing an Entirely New System of Plain Cookery and Domestic Economy”, p.155

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“Without the assistance of eating and drinking, the most sparkling wit would be as heavy as a bad soufflé, and the brightest talent as dull as a looking-glass on a foggy day.”
-- Alexis Soyer

Source : Alexis Soyer (1851). “The Modern Housewife: Or, Ménagère. Comprising Nearly One Thousand Receipts, for the Economic and Judicious Preparation of Every Meal of the Day, and Those for the Nursery and Sick Room; and Minute Directions for Family Management in All Its Branches. Illustrated with Engravings Including the Modern Housewife's Unique Kitchen, and Magic Stove”, p.400

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“A simple yet profound way to create a healthy body, a stress-free mind, and a peaceful sense of well-being.”

“A successful film is a good film, and a non-successful film is a bad film. It's as simple as that.”

“Made with Pencils is grounded in the creativity of a few, propelled by the financial support of many, and most importantly, it's empowering generations to come. A simple idea, a heartfelt desire, and a world of possibility. A pencil, a promise, and a dream.”

“In Chekhov, when people leave, a carriage is taking them away forever. The stakes are so high just for someone to make a simple exit. And now we have all this access to public transportation, automobiles and jets and the Internet; we're so easily distracted, but the world is still designed to destroy you. It just happens quicker and faster now.”

“The size of the lie is a definite factor in causing it to be believed, for the vast masses of the nation are in the depths of their hearts more easily deceived than they are consciously and intentionally bad. The primitive simplicity of their minds renders them a more easy prey to a big lie than a small one, for they themselves often tell little lies but would be ashamed to tell a big one.”

“In truth, I was so good at being a man, with such plenitude and simplicity, that I thought I was something of a superman.”

“The true work of art is always on the human scale. It is essentially the one that says, 'less.”

“There is eternal simplicity to a solution once it has been discovered!”

“Feminine intuition, a quality perhaps even rarer in women than in men.”

Source : Ada Leverson (1962). “The little Ottleys: Love's shadow. Tenterhooks. Love at second sight”

“We have the ability to provide quality education to every child on earth right now.”