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Appetites Quotes

Hunger, restraint, and everything in between.

These quotes examine appetite as more than hunger — a guard against excess, a guide alongside passions and affections, or a temptation the faithful are urged to resist.

That's the secret of 'True Blood' - all the creatures that roam Bon Temps become a metaphor for our insatiable lusts and inner desires. Humans craving what they can't have and those secret appetites transforming them into beasts, or even...

Quotes by Rob Sheffield

Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures free to explore the larger experiences of life. Too many of us divide and dissipate our energies in debating actions which should be taken for...

Quotes by Ralph W. Sockman

Many people submit to excessive appetites without realizing that they do not need to eat so much food.

Quotes by Kate Smith

Every man hath a general desire of his own happiness; and likewise a variety of particular affections, passions, and appetites to particular external objects.

Quotes by Joseph Butler

Able Quotes

The private interest of the individual would not be sufficiently provided for by reasonable and cool self-love alone; therefore the appetites and passions are placed within as a guard and further security, without which it would not be taken due...

Quotes by Joseph Butler

The most violent appetites in all creatures are lust and hunger; the first is a perpetual call upon them to propagate their kind, the latter to preserve themselves.

Quotes by Joseph Addison

The Lord is well aware of our mortality. He knows our weaknesses. He understands the challenges of our everyday lives. He has great empathy for the temptations of earthly appetites and passions.

Quotes by Joseph B. Wirthlin

To be a human being is to be in a state of tension between your appetites and your dreams, and the social realities around you and your obligations to your fellow man.

Quotes by John Updike

We have enormous appetites for both food and love, and yet there's junk food and also junk love.

Quotes by Joanna Coles

Acceptance Quotes

The assumption is that the right kind of society is an organic being not merely analogous to an organic being, but actually a living structure with appetites and digestions, instincts and passions, intelligence and reason.

Quotes by Herbert Read

Old age is the supreme evil, for it deprives man of all pleasures while allowing his appetites to remain, and it brings with it every possible sorrow. Yet men fear death and desire old age.

Quotes by Giacomo Leopardi

After months of want and hunger, we suddenly found ourselves able to have meals fit for the gods, and with appetites the gods might have envied.

Quotes by Ernest Shackleton

Men are but children of a larger growth, Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain.

Quotes by Diane Arbus

The proliferation of styles, genres, and media need not be the death knell of anything. Instead, it's a sign that our acceptance for variation and experimentation has become wider, our interests have become more diverse, and our appetites have become...

Quotes by Celeste Ng

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these appetites quotes explore?
They treat appetite as more than physical hunger — a guard against excess, a companion to passions and affections, and a temptation tied to spiritual weakness.
Why do people search for appetite quotes?
Appetite quotes are often used for reflections on self-control, temptation, or balance between desire and restraint, both in everyday life and in a spiritual sense.
Is there a quote linking appetite to overeating?
Yes — one notes that plenty of people give in to overeating without ever stopping to realize how much less food they'd actually need to feel satisfied.
Is there a quote treating appetite philosophically?
Yes — one argues appetites and passions exist as an internal guard, since reasonable self-love alone isn't enough to secure a person's private interests.
Is there a quote connecting appetite to faith?
Yes — one describes a divine understanding of human weakness toward everyday cravings and passions, framing appetite as something met with acceptance rather than judgment.

Whether physical or spiritual, each line treats appetite as something to understand rather than simply indulge, with acceptance standing in for self-love alone.