Alcuin Quotes

What makes bitter things sweet? Hunger.

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• My manners, abominable at times, can be sweet.

  

  Jack Kerouac
  • Sweet
  • Times
  • Manners

• I get great pleasure from stuffed foods, from an apple strudel to a vegetable samosa, from a whole roasted bird with a sweet and savoury stuffing to a vine leaf filled with rice and spices.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
  • Great
  • Sweet
  • Bird

• Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!

  

  Patrick Henry
  • Life
  • Death
  • Peace

• Sweet potatoes are ideal for lazy days: just bake, then mash and mix with yogurt, butter or olive oil.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
  • Sweet
  • Lazy
  • Oil

• I was writing at a really young age, but it took me a long time to be brave enough to become a published writer, or to try to become a published writer. It's a very public way to fail. And I was kind of scared, so I started out as a ghost writer, and I wrote for other series, like Disney 'Aladdin' and 'Sweet Valley' and books like that.

  

  K. A. Applegate
  • Time
  • Long
  • Writing

• Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.

  

  Fran Lebowitz
  • People
  • Art
  • True

• I've been on stage since I was eight.

  

  Hannah Simone
  • Stage
  • Been
  • Since

• I will see this game of life out to its bitter end.

  

  Zane Grey
  • Life
  • Game
  • End

• I love life. I wish I could live another 500 years, truly. There is so much to do. I don't feel bitter or angry or disappointed. If anything, I am very grateful for where I come from. I have absolutely no regrets.

  

  Waris Dirie
  • Life
  • Live
  • Love

• My family is from the South, and I can remember all those ladies I grew up with, like my great-aunts, who had handkerchiefs. There's something sweet about them.

  

  Laura Linney
  • Up
  • Great
  • Family

• Gay guys love women who are tough, who are survivors. They always call me a diva. And I am a survivor; I've pulled through everything and I've not become bitter about it.

  

  Samantha Fox
  • Women
  • Guys
  • Bitter

• My absolute favorite meal in Nashville is sweet-potato pancakes at Pancake Pantry.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Sweet
  • Meal
  • Nashville

• Southern political personalities, like sweet corn, travel badly. They lose flavor with every hundred yards away from the patch. By the time they reach New York, they are like Golden Bantam that has been trucked up from Texas - stale and unprofitable. The consumer forgets that the corn tastes different where it grows.

  

  A. J. Liebling
  • Up
  • Time
  • Different

• Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.

  

  Victor Hugo
  • Strong
  • Words
  • Strength

• Not all roles you do can be chocolate sweet.

  

  Kabir Bedi
  • You
  • Sweet
  • Chocolate

• I always have a good quality extra virgin olive oil. A cheap quality oil will end up cheapening your dishes. And I love sweetening my dishes with maple syrup. It has a bit of a bitter kick at the end that works wonderfully in savory dishes.

  

  Nadia Giosia
  • Good
  • Quality
  • Works

• Breakfast is always the best time for something juicy, sweet and fresh - it just feels like the right way to open the day. There's no right way, though, when it comes to choosing the fruit.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
  • Time
  • Day
  • Best

• They plan to ride into the White House on the Sweet Talk Express. Well, think again. Bush and Cheney are not compassionate conservatives. They are ruthless reactionaries.

  

  Patricia Ireland
  • House
  • Sweet
  • Plan

• I never wanted a life of having a nice house, driving around, settling down.

  

  Ian McShane
  • Life
  • House
  • Nice

• Travel changes you. As you move through this life and this world you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life - and travel - leaves marks on you. Most of the time, those marks - on your body or on your heart - are beautiful. Often, though, they hurt.

  

  Anthony Bourdain
  • Life
  • Time
  • World

• You don't have to be a spiritual seeker, you can be a businessman dealing with the revolution in computers. You could be a congressman, or a scientist. No matter what area of life and endeavor we are in we are seeing the signs of new-paradigm thinking.

  

  Marianne Williamson
  • Life
  • Thinking
  • Spiritual

• He stops rocking and looks into my eyes. We’re inches apart and I’m mesmerized by the tiny flecks of indigo in his blue eyes. A girl could drown in those eyes. And it wouldn’t be the worst way to go.

  

  Lisa Daily
  • Eyes

• Let's step back and think about the likely outcome of a scenario that involves the words 'James Nicoll', 'a box of sharp needles' and 'possibly without ever having achieved full consciousness' for a moment, shall we?

  

  James Nicoll
  • Words

• What makes bitter things sweet? Hunger.

  

  Alcuin
  • Sweet
  • Bitter