Quotes with plate

  • Comedy just pokes at problems, rarely confronts them squarely. Drama is like a plate of meat and potatoes, comedy is rather the dessert, a bit like meringue.
  • The Vice-Presidency is sort of like the last cookie on the plate. Everybody insists he won't take it, but somebody always does.
  • My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate - that's my philosophy.
  • Turkey is fine, but if I don't have the sides, forget about it. And cornbread stuffing is at the center of my plate. I will have about six sides and then a little bit of turkey and gravy.
  • Sitting at the table doesn't make you a diner, unless you eat some of what's on that plate. Being here in America doesn't make you an American. Being born here in America doesn't make you an American.
  • Most chartreuse recipes call for one bird, a fat one, like a pigeon or a partridge, secreted inside the casing, a vegetable mold, which is then turned out onto a plate.
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  • Emily Dickinson Fame is a fickle food upon a shifting plate.
    Emily Dickinson
    American poet (1830 - 1886)
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  • Woody Allen Comedy just pokes at problems, rarely confronts them squarely. Drama is like a plate of meat and potatoes, comedy is rather the dessert, a bit like meringue.
    Woody Allen
    American movie director and actor (1935 - )
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  • Bill Klem Fix your eye on the ball from the moment the pitcher holds it in his glove. Follow it as he throws to the plate and stay with it until the play is completed. Action takes place only where the ball goes.
    Bill Klem
    American professional baseball umpire (1874 - 1951)
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  • Bobby Flay Go vegetable heavy. Reverse the psychology of your plate by making meat the side dish and vegetables the main course.
    Bobby Flay
    American celebrity chef and restaurateur (1964 - )
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  • Ted Williams God gets you to the plate, but once your there your on your own.
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  • Anita Diamant I lived through a classic publishing story. My editor was fired a month before the book came out. The editor who took it over already had a full plate. It was never advertised. We didn't get reviewed in any major outlets.
    Anita Diamant
    American author (1951 - )
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  • Bill Buford Most chartreuse recipes call for one bird, a fat one, like a pigeon or a partridge, secreted inside the casing, a vegetable mold, which is then turned out onto a plate.
    Bill Buford
    American author and journalist
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  • Thornton Wilder My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate - that's my philosophy.
    Thornton Wilder
    American writer and playwright (1897 - 1975)
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  • Paul Cézanne Right now a moment is fleeting by! Capture its reality in paint! To do that we must put all else out of our minds. We must become that moment, make ourselves a sensitive recording plate. give the image of what we actually see, forgetting everything that has been seen before our time.
    Paul Cézanne
    French painter (1839 - 1906)
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  • Malcolm X Sitting at the table doesn't make you a diner, unless you eat some of what's on that plate. Being here in America doesn't make you an American. Being born here in America doesn't make you an American.
    Malcolm X
    American activist (1925 - 1965)
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  • Bill Vaughan The Vice-Presidency is sort of like the last cookie on the plate. Everybody insists he won't take it, but somebody always does.
    Bill Vaughan
    American columnist and author (1915 - 1977)
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  • Edith Wharton There is too much sour grapes for my taste in the present American attitude. The time to denounce the bankers was when we were all feeding off their gold plate; not now! At present they have not only my sympathy but my preference. They are the last representatives of our native industries.
    Edith Wharton
    American Author (1862 - 1937)
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  • Carla Hall Turkey is fine, but if I don't have the sides, forget about it. And cornbread stuffing is at the center of my plate. I will have about six sides and then a little bit of turkey and gravy.
    Carla Hall
    American chef and television personality (1964 - )
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  • Abdul Qadeer Khan Well, sometimes if I go out to dinner with my family, people will come up to me and put their hand across my plate for me to shake, sometimes when I have a bite of food in my mouth. I find this a bit disturbing.
    Abdul Qadeer Khan
    Pakistani nuclear physicist (1936 - )
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  • Brenda Song When I was first approached for 'Pass the Plate,' I was thrilled because I love to cook. And I love to cook healthy. The reason I started cooking was because I would go to restaurants and have just amazing food but feel so heavy and gross. I would go home and try to cook the same thing, but a healthy version.
    Brenda Song
    American actress (1988 - )
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  • Ben Zobrist When I'm at the plate, I'm not thinking about what I'm trying to do with the bat - I'm thinking about what the pitcher is trying to do with the ball.
    Ben Zobrist
    American professional baseball player (1981 - )
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  • Bee Wilson When someone watches us eating, we feel exposed. We might also harbor a suspicion that the person staring wants to steal food from our plate. The taboo, in any case, is long-standing.
    Bee Wilson
    British food writer, journalist and historian
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  • Ambrose Bierce Husband: One who, having dined, is charged with the care of the plate.
    The Devil's Dictionary
    Ambrose Bierce
    American writer (1842 - 1914)
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