| Life without chocolate is like a beach without water. |
| Chocolate doesn't make the world go around ... but it certainly makes the ride worthwhile! |
| Forget love - I'd rather fall in chocolate! |
| "There's nothing better than a good friend, except a good friend with CHOCOLATE." Linda Grayson, The Pickwick Papers |
| "Good Living is an act of intelligence, by which we choose things which
have an agreeable taste rather than those which do not." Brillat-Savarin |
| There are four basic food groups: milk chocolate, dark chocolate, white
chocolate, and chocolate truffles. |
| "Make
a list of important things to do today. At the top of your list, put
'eat chocolate.' Now, you'll get at least one thing done today." We believe this is from Gina Hayes |
| The
12-step chocoholics program: NEVER BE MORE THAN 12 STEPS AWAY FROM
CHOCOLATE! Terry Moore |
| "All
I really need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn't
hurt!" Lucy Van Pelt in Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz |
| I
have this theory that chocolate slows down the aging process ... It
may not be true, but do I dare take the chance? |
| Chocolate
is nature's way of making up for Mondays. |
| Other
things are just food. But chocolate's chocolate. |
| Chocolate
is cheaper than therapy and you don't need an appointment. |
| There's
more to life than chocolate, but not right now. |
| Nine
out of ten people like chocolate. The tenth person always lies. |
| When
the going gets tough, the tough eat chocolate. |
I
don't understand why so many 'so called' chocolate lovers complain
about the calories in chocolate, when all true chocoholics know
that it is a vegetable. It comes from the cocoa bean, beans are
veggies, 'nuff said. |
| "As
with most fine things, chocolate has its season. There is a simple
memory aid that you can use to determine whether it is the correct
time to order chocolate dishes: any month whose name contains the
letter A, E, or U is the proper time for chocolate." Sandra Boynton,
Chocolate: The Consuming Passion |
| "Chemically
speaking, chocolate really is the world's perfect food." Michael
Levine, nutrition researcher, as quoted in The Emperors of Chocolate:
Inside the Secret World of Hershey and Mars. |
| Chocolate
causes certain endocrine glands to secrete hormones that affect your
feelings and behavior by making you happy. Therefore, it counteracts
depression, in turn reducing the stress of depression. Your stress-free
life helps you maintain a youthful disposition, both physically and
mentally. So, eat lots of chocolate! Elaine Sherman, Book of Divine
Indulgences |
| Chocolate
is a perfect food, as wholesome as it is delicious, a beneficent restorer
of exhausted power ... it is the best friend of those engaged in literary
pursuits. Baron Justus von Liebig, German chemist (1803-1873) |
| Carefully
prepared chocolate is as healthful a food as it is pleasant; that
it is nourishing and easily digested; that it does not cause the same
harmful effects to feminine beauty which are blamed on coffee, but
is on the contrary a remedy for them. Jean-Antheleme Brillat-Savarin
(1755-1826) The Physiology of Taste (1825) |
| When
you have breakfasted well and fully, if you will drink a big cup of
chocolate at the end you will have digested the whole perfectly three
hours later, and you will still be able to dine. Because of my scientific
enthusiasm and the sheer force of my eloquence I have persuaded a
number of ladies to try this, although they were convinced it would
kill them; they have always found themselves in fine shape indeed,
and have not forgotten to give the Professor his rightful due. Jean-Antheleme
Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826) The Physiology of Taste (1825) |