Napkins quotes
20 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"When we ever invited the beast to dinner he didn't come in and swipe the napkins and start taking notes on the tablecloth 'bout how to take over the whole house?"
"I find that a shirt is most similar to a napkin when I don't have a napkin."
"I had an American journalist say to me, "Is it true you wrote the whole of the first novel on napkins?" I was tempted to say, "On teabags, I used to save them."
"We don't choose our talents; but we needn't hide them in a napkin because they are not just what we want."
"When trying to seduce a woman, a writer says: 'I'm a writer', and scribbles a poem on a napkin. It always works."
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"The censors wouldn't even let me sit on a guy's lap, and I've been on more laps than a table-napkin."
"So precious a talent as intellect never was given to be wrapt in a napkin and buried in the earth."
"I know I exaggerated things, now I got it like that. Tuck my napkin in my shirt cause I'm just mobbin like that."
"Imagine censors that wouldn't let you sit in a man's lap. I've been in more laps than a napkin!"
"When planning your wedding you make so many decisions: 'Do I want this fork or that fork?' But in the end people aren't going to remember what napkin holder you choose."
