“Love never dies of starvation, but often of indigestion.”

“Wild animals almost never die of old age: starvation, disease, or predators catch up with them long before they become really senile. Until recently this was true of man too. Most animals die in childhood, many never get beyond the egg stage. Starvation and other causes of death are the ultimate reasons why populations cannot increase indefinitely.”

“Eating words has never given me indigestion.”

“Who wants a world in which the guarantee that we shall not die of starvation entails the risk of dying of boredom?”

“Down with a world in which the guarantee that we will not die of starvation has been purchased with the guarantee that we will die of boredom.”

“Malone: Me father died of starvation in Ireland in the black 47. Maybe you've heard of it.Violet: The Famine?Malone: No, the starvation. When a country is full o food, and exporting it, there can be no famine.”