“They say you are what you eat. That’s funny. I don’t remember eating a sexy beast for breakfast”
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826), in the book Physiologie du Gout (1825), wrote “Tell me what you eat, and I shall tell you what you are,” often interpreted as “you are what you eat.” This was figurative and not meant literally; one does not become an apple or a donut or a “skinny person” by eating such things.
“They say ‘You are what you eat!’ That’s funny. I don’t remember eating a sexy beast this morning” is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. “RT @fabs04: my mother always said u are what u eat i dont remember eating a sexy beast” was posted on Twitter by Farah Alhabshi on May 31, 2011.
“‘They say you are what you eat, but I don’t remember eating a sexy beast this morning’ #thingsmybabysays” was posted on Twitter by Haley Weaver on June 5, 2011. “They say you are what you eat… That’s funny. I don’t remember eating a sexy beast for breakfast” was posted on Twitter by JMU Girl Problem on July 25, 2011.“They say, ‘You are what you eat!’ That’s funny. I don’t remember eating a sexy beast this morning. http://some.ly/zhdQGc via @someecards” was posted on Twitter by Guitarz4me on January 25, 2012.
Wikiquote: Food
Dis-moi ce que tu manges, je te dirai ce que tu es. Tell me what you eat, and I shall tell you what you are.
. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, Physiologie du Gout (1825); tr. M. F. K. Fisher, The Physiology of Taste: Or Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy (1949)
. Variants:
..Der Mensch ist, was er ißt. Man is what he eats.
..Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach, Die Naturwißensschaft und die Revolution [Natural science and the revolution] (1850), repeated in Das Geheimnis des Opfers, ober der Mensch ist was er ißt [The mystery of sacrifice, or man is what he eats] (1862)
..You are what you eat.
..Victor Lindlahr, You Are What You Eat: how to win and keep health with diet (1942)
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Farah Alhabshi
@faramenara
Whatttttt iiiiissss thattttttttt RT @fabs04: my mother always said u are what u eat i dont remember eating a sexy beast
8:10 AM · May 31, 2011·Echofon
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too sexy for you
@toosexyfor
You are what you eat? Well, I don’t remember eating a sexy beast <3
9:35 AM · May 31, 2011·Twitter for iPhone
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Quote Me
@BeautyLifeQuote
You are what you eat. Sorry, i don’t remember eating a sexy beast today 😉
4:46 PM · May 31, 2011·Twitter Web Client
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jas
@jasmine__m
Mom: You are what you eat. Me: I dont remember eating a sexy beast 😉 HAHA
7:20 AM · Jun 1, 2011·Twitter Web Client
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TeamFollowBack™
@TeamFoIlovvBack
You are what you eat. That’s funny, I don’t remember eating a sexy beast…
6:02 PM · Jun 3, 2011·Twitter Web Client
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RASYA A.E RANGKUTI
@rasyarangkuti
RT @dannyizfly: You are what you eat. That’s funny, I don’t remember eating a sexy beast…”
6:06 PM · Jun 3, 2011·Twitter for BlackBerry®
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Haley Weaver
@ShmaleyShmeaver
“they say you are what you eat, but I don’t remember eating a sexy beast this morning” #thingsmybabysays
7:43 PM · Jun 5, 2011·Twitter for iPhone
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Jeske van de Gevel
@jeskevandegevel
@globalistus they say you are what you eat, but I don’t recall you eating a sexy beast this morning? Via @grouchyrabbit
5:00 AM · Jun 20, 2011·Hootsuite
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P Sherman 42
@Sydbear
They say you are what you eat…that’s funny. I don’t remember eating a sexy beast this morning.
9:42 PM · Jun 24, 2011·Twitter for iPhone
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JMU Girl Problem
@JMUgirlproblem
They say you are what you eat… That’s funny. I don’t remember eating a sexy beast for breakfast.
12:20 PM · Jul 25, 2011·Twitter Web Client
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Andrea Matute R.
@amatuter
@gabyhandal05 “they say you are what you eat but I don’t remember eating a sexy beast for breakfast”
1:25 AM · Aug 27, 2011·Twitter Web Client
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Steven Stavrou
@Steven_Stavrou
They say you are what you eat, but I don’t remember eating a sexy beast for breakfast;)
@RossMitchelll @ThanasiBilis
3:14 AM · Aug 28, 2011·Twitter for Android
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Guitarz4me
@Guitarz4me
They say, ‘You are what you eat!’ That’s funny. I don’t remember eating a sexy beast this morning. http://some.ly/zhdQGc via
@someecards
3:32 PM · Jan 25, 2012·Twitter for Websites
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Tammy Abraham
@tammyabraham
People say you are what you eat, thats funny cos i dont remember eating a sexy beast this morning.
3:14 PM · Apr 12, 2012·Twitter for BlackBerry®
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Of course, the old saying is that you are what you eat but I don’t put much stock in that axiom because I can’t recall eating a sexy beast for breakfast this morning.
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They say you are what you eat…
That’s funny. I don’t remember eating a sexy beast for breakfast this morning.