I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong. Tomorrow, I'll be at the table When company comes. Nobody'll dare Say to me, "Eat in the kitchen," Then....
Warden Samuel Norton: [to new inmates, after explaining the prison routine] Any questions? Prisoner: When do we eat? Captain Hadley: [Approaches prisoner] You eat when we say you eat. You piss when we say you piss, and you shit when we say you shit. ...
The sparrow says: "I have not eaten... so the parrot will not eat either."
The wolf and the dog agree about the goat -- which together they eat.
Vicious as a tigress can be, she never eats her own cubs.
Before you make a friend, eat a pack of salt with him.
He who eats and drinks with the rich leaves the table hungry.
You must crack the nuts before you can eat the kernel.
The dog called "Sorrow," without eating, will be fat in every house.
He who wants to eat honey should endure the stings.
Do not eat your chicken and throw its feathers in the front yard.
Cross the river among a crowd and the crocodile won't eat you.
A deer tethered with a golden chain can escape to the forest to eat grass.
Manage with bread and salted butter until God brings something to eat with it.
If crocodiles eat their own eggs what would they do to the flesh of a frog.
Before you make a friend, eat a bushel of salt with him.
When the elephant is slain all the tribes gather together to eat of it.
If you had teeth of steel, you could eat iron coconuts.
A chicken you eat only once -- eggs a hundred times.
People who have bread to eat do not appreciate the severity of a famine.
If you eat your bagel, you'll have nothing in your pocket but the hole.
