Kitchen quotes
534 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"The time of business does not differ with me from the time of prayer; and in the noise and clatter of my kitchen, while several persons are at the same time calling for different things, I possess God in as great tranquility as if I were on my knees."
"As soon as I was old enough to peer over the worktops, I remember being fascinated by what went on in the kitchen. It just seemed such a cool place, everyone working together to make this lovely stuff and having a laugh doing it."
"There's only a couple times when fame is ever helpful. Sometimes you can get into a restaurant where the kitchen is just closing. Sometimes you can avoid a traffic violation. But the only time it really matters is in the emergency room with your kids. That's when you want to be noticed, because it's very easy to get forgotten in an ER."
"Culinary tradition is not always based on fact. Sometimes it's based on history, on habits that come out of a time when kitchens were fueled by charcoal."
"You can have fantasies about having control over the world, but I know I can barely control my kitchen sink. That is the grace I'm given. Because when one can control things, one is limited to one's own vision."
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"I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in rainbows, with a harp and sword in my hands."
"It is hard to imagine a civilization without onions."
"And don't forget music - music in the kitchen is an essential ingredient!"
"Always start out with a larger pot than what you think you need."
"Always remember: If you're alone in the kitchen and you drop the lamb, you can always just pick it up. Who's going to know?"
"Do a loony-goony dance 'Cross the kitchen floor, Put something silly in the world That ain't been there before."
"I am a Beyonce fan. I’m gonna watch her upcoming documentary because fortunately one of the TVs in our kitchen has closed captioning so I’ll be able to understand what she says. You know Beyonce can’t talk. She sounds like she has a fifth grade education."
"When it comes to Chinese food I have always operated under the policy that the less known about the preparation the better. A wise diner who is invited to visit the kitchen replies by saying, as politely as possible, that he has a pressing engagement elsewhere."
"Everything in life is a checklist, whether it's building a birdhouse or building a kitchen. If you don't have a checklist, you're much more likely to forget something."
"Happiness is a small house, with a big kitchen."
"Bad cooks - and the utter lack of reason in the kitchen - have delayed human development longest and impaired it most."
"Let there be no disappointment when obedience keeps you busy in outward tasks. If it sends you to the kitchen, remember that the Lord walks among the pots and pans."
"Even more then long hours in the kitchen, fine meals require ingenious organization and experience which is a pleasure to acquire."
"The more you know, the more you can create. There's no end to imagination in the kitchen."
"A lot of Thanksgiving days have been ruined by not carving the turkey in the kitchen."
"Getting into the habit of switching a timer on will, I promise, save you from any number of kitchen disasters."
"Some of our most exquisite murders have been domestic, performed with tenderness in simple, homey places like the kitchen table."
"But our waking life, and our growing years, were for the most part spent in the kitchen, and until we married, or ran away, it was the common room we shared."
"I foresee great refinements in the field of short-pulse microwave signaling, whereby several simultaneous programs may occupy the same channel, in sequence, with incredibly swift electronic communication... Short waves will be generally used in the kitchen for roasting and baking, almost instantaneously..."
"When you go to a restaurant, the less you know about what happens in the kitchen, the more you enjoy your meal."
