It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.
I ate no butcher's meat, lived chiefly on fruits, vegetables, and fish, and never drank a glass of spirits or wine until my wedding day. To this I attribute my continual good health, endurance, and an iron constitution.
Asking a critic to name his favorite book is like asking a butcher to name his favorite pig.
A dead cow or sheep lying in a pasture is recognized as carrion. The same sort of a carcass dressed and hung up in a butcher's stall passes as food.
I really appreciate the many neighbourhoods of Berkeley. There is still the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker. And it has the University of California, which is the greatest gift, to my mind, to be close to it. It keeps the place alive.
A good butcher is important to have. It's like a shrink.
Anyone can escape into sleep, we are all geniuses when we dream, the butcher's the poet's equal there.
I'm the third or fourth generation of actor in my family; I'm sure if they were butchers, I'd be a butcher, too.
Thanksgiving was always a favorite holiday for me. The preparation was fun! My grandma and I would walk to the butcher on Jamaica Avenue in Queens, order the bird, and buy all the fixings at the market.
I'm always making Butcher Holler sound like the most backward part of the United States-and I think maybe it is.