Johnny Carson
Television Host
"Happiness is.....finding two olives in your martini when youre hungry."
Olives quotes
Olives
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Leonard Cohen
Singer-Songwriter
"Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove Dance me to the end of love."
Paramahansa Yogananda
Spiritual Teacher, Author
"Just as oil is present in every part of the olive, so love permeates every part of creation."
Anton Chekhov
Playwright, Short Story Writer
"Ah, Caviar! I keep on eating it, but can never get my fill. Like olives. It's a lucky thing it's not salty."
Henry David Thoreau
Writer, Philosopher
"They can do without architecture who have no olives nor wines in the cellar."
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"Were floods of tears to be unloosed In tribute to my grief, The doves of Noah ne'er had roost Nor found an olive-leaf."
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"Good morrow, fair ones; pray you, if you know, Where in the purlieus of this forest stands A sheep-cote fenc'd about with olive trees?"
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"Her eyes were olive green―incisive and clear."
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"I don't know anything about American history or presidents. I don't know what tailgating is! I've never been to an Olive Garden!"
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"Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered."
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"A small olive-skinned creature who had hit puberty but never hit it very hard, Ben had been my best friend since fifth grade, when we both finally owned up to the fact that neither of us was likely to attract anyone else as a best friend."
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