„It must be inconvenient to be made of flesh," said the Scarecrow thoughtfully, "for you must sleep, and eat and drink. However, you have brains, and it is worth a lot of bother to be able to think properly.“

„The man of flesh and bone; the man who is born, suffers, and dies—above all, who dies; the man who eats and drinks and plays and sleeps and thinks and wills; the man who is seen and heard; the brother, the real brother.“

—  Miguel de Unamuno 19th-20th century Spanish writer and philosopher 1864 - 1936

The Tragic Sense of Life (1913)

„Abstain rigorously from eating the flesh of cows and all beneficent animals, lest you be made to face a strict reckoning in this world and the next; for by eating the flesh of cows and other domestic animals, you involve your hand in sin, and thereby think, speak, and do what is sinful; for though you may eat but a mouthful, you involve your hand in sin, and though a camel be slain by another person in another place, it is as if you who eat its flesh had slain it with your own hand.“

—  Adurbad-i Mahrspandan Iranian philosopher

Sayings of Adarbad Mahraspandan, as quoted in Rachel MacNair, Religions and Nonviolence (2015), p. 88 https://books.google.it/books?id=KvL3CQAAQBAJ&pg=PA88, adapted from R. C. Zaehner, The Teachings of the Magi (1956), p. 110.

„Eat, drink, and love; the rest's not worth a fillip.“

—  George Gordon Byron, Sardanapalus

Act I, scene 2 http://books.google.com/books?id=q4QR8v_hOigC&pg=PA249&lpg=PA249&dq=%22Eat,+drink,+and+love;+the+rest's+not+worth+a+fillip.%22&source=bl&ots=ey6M4uLNpl&sig=L0zlgXlw1OgHOZzN50sGeRHkc50&hl=en&ei=CJQ7TObKK4XbnAeE-LXlAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CC4Q6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=%22Eat%2C%20drink%2C%20and%20love%3B%20the%20rest's%20not%20worth%20a%20fillip.%22&f=false.
Sardanapalus (1821)

„i drink caffeine" she said calmly "lot's of it gives you pep“

—  Ally Carter, book Heist Society

Source: Heist Society

„I eat well, and I drink well, and I sleep well—but that's all.“

—  Thomas Morton (playwright) English playwright 1764 - 1838

A Roland for an Oliver (1819), Act I, scene i http://books.google.com/books?id=nWtbAAAAQAAJ&q=%22I+eat+well+and+I+drink+well+and+I+sleep+well+but+that's+all%22&pg=PA16#v=onepage.

„You are not really bothered by what others think of you. You are bothered by what you think of yourself.“

—  Vernon Howard American writer 1918 - 1992

Treasury of Positive Answers

„Men do not knowingly drink for the effect alcohol produces on the body. What they drink for is the brain-effect; and if it must come through the body, so much the worse for the body.“

—  Jack London, book John Barleycorn

Source: John Barleycorn (1913), Ch. V

„Socrates said, "Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live."“

—  Plutarch ancient Greek historian and philosopher 46 - 127

How a Young Man ought to hear Poems, 4
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

„Dogs are here to remind us life really is a simple thing. You eat, sleep, take walks, and pee when you must. That's about all there is. They are quick to forgive trespasses and assume strangers will be kind.“

—  Jonathan Carroll, book The Marriage of Sticks

Source: The Marriage of Sticks

„You can gather however that I know I am not a real artist, and at the same time am fearfully serious over my work and willing to sweat at atmosphere if it helps me do what I want. What I want, I think, is the sentimental, but the sentimental reached by no easy beaten track—I cannot explain myself properly, for you must remember (I forget it myself) that though 'clever' I have a small and cloudy brain, and cannot clear it by talking or reading philosophy.“

—  E.M. Forster English novelist 1879 - 1970

Letter 60, to Robert Trevelyan, 28 October 1905
Selected Letters (1983-1985)

„The Lord… said: Unless a man shall eat my flesh, he shall not have in himself eternal life. Certain of his disciples, the seventy to wit, were scandalised, and said: This is a hard saying; who can understand it? And they departed from him, and walked with him no more. His saying… seemed to them a hard one. They received it foolishly: they thought of it carnally. For they fancied, that the Lord was going to cut from his own body certain morsels and to give those morsels to them. Hence they said: This is a hard saying. But they themselves were hard: not the saying. For, if, instead of being hard, they had been mild, they would have… learned from him what those learned, who remained while they departed. For, when the twelve disciples had remained with him after the others had departed,… he instructed them, and said unto them: It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing. The words, which I speak unto you, are spirit and life. As if he had said: Understand spiritually what I have spoken. You are Not about to eat this identical body, which you see; and you are Not about to drink this identical blood, which they who crucify me will pour out. I have commended unto you a certain sacrament. This, if spiritually understood, will quicken you. Though it must be celebrated visibly, it must be understood invisibly.“

—  George Stanley Faber British theologian 1773 - 1854

Source: Christ's Discourse at Capernaum: Fatal to the Doctrine of Transubstantiation (1840), pp. 144-147

„:7. It is not enough that you yourself can hear every word the soloist sings - you know it off by heart anyway: the audience must be able to follow without effort. If they do not understand the words they will go to sleep.“

—  Richard Strauss German composer and orchestra director 1864 - 1949

Recollections and Reflections

„Daytime sleep is like the sin of the flesh; the more you have the more you want, and yet you feel unhappy, sated and unsated at the same time.“

—  Umberto Eco, book The Name of the Rose

Source: The Name of the Rose

„No book worth its salt is meant to put you to sleep, it's meant to make you jump out of your bed in your underwear and run and beat the author's brains out.“

—  Bohumil Hrabal, book Dancing Lessons for the Advanced in Age

Source: Dancing Lessons for the Advanced in Age

„Certainly, to have a woman who waits at home for you, who will sleep with you, gives a warm feeling like having something you must say; it makes you glow, keeps you company, helps you to live.“

—  Cesare Pavese Italian poet, novelist, literary critic, and translator 1908 - 1950

This Business of Living (1935-1950)

„I'd like to protect children, too, but… is everything worth sacrificing to that? I mean, drugs have done a lot of good. […] They've midwived a lot of good ideas… lot of great songs, you know? I think "Penny Lane" is worth 10 dead kids. […] I think Dark Side of the Moon is worth 100 dead kids. There, I said it.“

—  Bill Maher American stand-up comedian 1956

I'm Swiss (2005)

„You must think for yourself, what you must do. If someone tells you, then you are not trying.
-An-mei“

—  Amy Tan, The Joy Luck Club

Source: The Joy Luck Club

„breathing, sleeping, drinking, eating, working, dreaming, everything we do is dying. to live, in fact, is to die.“

—  Guy De Maupassant French writer 1850 - 1893

„I love films, I eat, sleep and drink them, and genre definitely had a huge impact.“

—  Olly Blackburn Film director and screenwriter

[The Skinny, Scotland, http://www.theskinny.co.uk/film/features/44237-director_olly_blackburn_talks_donkey_punch, Radge Media, 10 November 2008, 23 February 2012, Director Olly Blackburn talks Donkey Punch, Michael, Gillespie]