Celeste Ng

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 more omnivorous.

American Author

Michiko Kakutani

I'm pretty omnivorous - in fact, I don't think of books in terms of genres. J. K. Rowling's 'Harry Potter' books are no more Y.A. reading, to me, than John le Carre's 'Smiley' novels are spy stories.

American Critic

Peter Benchley

Because the Asian market is so omnivorous, it affects all the shark populations up and down the Central and South American coast, and to a certain extent the East Coast of the United States as well.

Lee Hall

The theatre has always been voraciously omnivorous. Dramatists have always raided every medium to find grist to their mill: myths, folk tales, newspapers, novels, films, works of art of all kinds.

English Playwright

Eric Allin Cornell

My head was always bubbling over with facts and it seems to me this had little to do with my paying close attention in school and more to do with my voracious and omnivorous reading habits.

American Physicist

O. R. Melling

I'm omnivorous in my tastes, fiction and non-fiction, always several books on the go, though I'll read a novel in a day or two.

Irish Author

Padma Lakshmi

I am as omnivorous as it's possible to be. I always say there's nothing I won't eat and nothing I won't wear.

Indian Chef

Guy Gavriel Kay

I grew up in a bookish family, so I read very widely. I was omnivorous, really.

Canadian Author

Ashwin Sanghi

Omniscient, omnipotent, omnivorous and omnipresent all begin with Om.

Indian Author

An omnivorous diet doesn't imply equal amounts of plants and animals—proportions can vary.

Not Always Equal

'Omnivorous' is sometimes used metaphorically for someone consuming diverse things.

Beyond Food

Omnivorous animals are common; many species have evolved to eat various foods.

Common in Nature

'Omnivorous' in non-dietary contexts can refer to a wide range of subjects or activities.

Not Just Books

Used metaphorically to describe wide-ranging tastes or interests, not just reading.

Metaphorically Speaking

Describing someone as 'omnivorous' in interests often carries a positive connotation of open-mindedness.

Positive Connotation

 bears are actually omnivorous they loads of protein when it comes to ants and termites and grubs and that's exactly what our bears are doing in the enclosure but we supplement that with

Feeding 39 Hungry Moon...

 omnivorous and I would say hyenas are carnivores carnivores because they will only eat meat and the either tell on hunt for themselves Oh occasionally this courage but also