Quotation Explorer - 'Plate'

SATIETY, n. The feeling that one has for the plate after he has eaten its contents, madam. - Ambrose Bierce
A mother's hardest to forgive.Life is the fruit she longs to hand youRipe on a plate. And while you live,Relentlessly she understands you. - Phyllis McGinley
Some times things just fall off your plate. - V.K. Springs
Lovers of print are simply confusing the plate for the food. - Douglas Adams
Nothing mitigates the throes of depression like a steaming plate of spaghetti and meatballs with marinara sauce and grated parmasan cheese, with a good fresh bread to wipe up. - Paul Clayton
Just for a moment there was an unusual feeling of bliss. Strange word, he thought. It's one of those words that describe something that does not make a noise but, if it did make a noise, would sound just like that. Bliss. It's like the sound of a soft meringue melting gently on a warm plate. - Terry Pratchett
Life is like a plate of chillies, what you do today might just burn your ass tomorrow! - Hazim Bangwar
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
My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate. - Thornton Wilder
When they slam a door on your face, it's life, adding another 110 lb plate to your bar and telling you: "Let's see how strong you are". - Marino Baccarini
What did the soup say to the tea plate? "You're too shallow for me. I like deep dish to dip right into!" I still keep my British humour in good taste. No room for egos or rumours. - Ana Claudia Antunes
Better to be happy with the cod fish in your plate now, than to linger for the taste of a tuna that is still swimming in the sea. - Dennis E. Adonis
The way you treat your food on your plate is a reflection of the way you treat people in your life. Learning how to dine teaches you not just how to eat but how to treat people. - Rajiv Talreja
Some kid asked what a dilemma is. And I replied: When a starving man has to choose between a plate of food, and, a roll of toilet paper. - Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Eating more consciously now feels like a way of being. I actually think about how my food got to my plate. - Oprah Winfrey
It's so beautifully arranged on the plate - you know someone's fingers have been all over it. - Julia Child
HUSBAND, n. One who, having dined, is charged with the care of the plate. - Ambrose Bierce
There are persons who always find a hair in their plate or soup for the simple reason that, when they sit down before it, they shake their heads until one falls in. - Christian Friedrich Hebbel
A man who makes a plate or a shirt or a loaf of bread or anything our great great ancestors called a work of art, has no need to try to be sincere; all he can do is practice his craft to the best of his ability. But once he starts making useless things, how can he not be sincere? - René Daumal
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