Eggs quotes

Eggs

700 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.

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Hermann Hesse
Hermann Hesse Novelist, Poet

"The bird fights its way out of the egg. The egg is the world. Who would be born must first destroy a world. The bird flies to God. The God's name is Abraxas."

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Paul Simon
Paul Simon Musician, Songwriter

"I was eating in a Chinese restaurant downtown. There was a dish called Mother and Child Reunion. It's chicken and eggs. And I said, I gotta use that one."

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Gracie Allen Actress, Comedian
Eggs

"This recipe is certainly silly. It says to separate two eggs, but it doesn't say how far to separate them."

Food Silly Eggs
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D. H. Lawrence Novelist, Poet
Eggs

"Curse the blasted, jelly-boned swines, the slimy, the belly-wriggling invertebrates, the miserable soddingrotters, the flaming sods, the sniveling, dribbling, dithering, palsied, pulse-less lot that make up England today. They've got white of egg in their veins, and their spunk is that watery it's a marvel they can breed."

White Sarcastic Eggs
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Anna Freud Psychoanalyst
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"In our dreams we can have our eggs cooked exactly how we want them, but we can't eat them."

Want Dream Eggs
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Fran Drescher Actress
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"I told her I wanted a plastic surgeon to sew me up, and I wanted her to freeze my ovaries, so I could harvest the eggs and have a biological child through a surrogate."

Children Eggs Ovaries
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Eggs

"I always have breakfast, say, scrambled egg whites, a vegetable smoothie, or whole-grain cereal with low-fat milk. For lunch and dinner, I eat a lot of fish and vegetables. And throughout the day, I try to stay hydrated."

Eggs Vegetables Cereal
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Eggs

"The disc, being flat, has no real horizon. Any adventurous sailor who got funny ideas from staring at eggs and oranges for too long and set out for the antipodes soon learned that the reason why distant ships sometimes looked as though they were disappearing over the edge of the world was that they were disappearing over the edge of the world."

Real Ideas Eggs
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Andrew Carnegie Industrialist, Philanthropist
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"Concentrate your energy, thought and capital exclusively upon the business in which you are engaged... 'Don't put all your eggs in one basket' is all wrong. I tell you 'put all your eggs in one basket, and then watch that basket.'"

Wisdom Energy Eggs
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Hunter S. Thompson Journalist, Author
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"In Hong Kong, Dallas, or at home —and regardless of whether or not I have been to bed — breakfast is a personal ritual that can only be properly observed alone, and in a spirit of genuine excess. The food factor should always be massive: four Bloody Marys, two grapefruits, a pot of coffee, Rangoon crepes, a half pound of either sausage, bacon, or corned beef hash with diced chilies , a Spanish omelette or eggs Benedict, a quart of milk, a chopped lemon for random seasoning, and something like a slice of Key lime pie, two margaritas, and six lines of the best cocaine for dessert."

Two Coffee Eggs
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Joseph Stalin Politician, Revolutionary
Eggs

"There is talk ... of our constructing Dnieprostroy through our own means. The means needed are great, several hundred millions. Let us not get into the position of the peasant who, after accumulating a nest-egg, instead of repairing his plough and renewing his equipment, buys a gramophone and goes bankrupt."

Mean Eggs Nests
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