Boiled Eggs Quotes

• Remember, people will judge you by your actions not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold but so does a hard-boiled egg.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspiring, Heart, Thoughtful

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• My career is pretty much over. I'm out in the Valley eating soft-boiled eggs.

  Tim Conway

  Eggs, Careers, Valleys

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• I had an excellent repast - the best repast possible - which consisted simply of boiled eggs and bread and butter. It was the quality of these simple ingredients that made the occasion memorable. The eggs were so good that I am ashamed to say how many of them I consumed ....It might seem that an egg which has succeeded in being fresh has done all that can be reasonably expected of it.

  Henry James

  Memorable, Simple, Eggs

  Henry James (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry James (Illustrated)”, p.11484, Delphi Classics

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• Home is where the heart is, I thought now, gathering myself together in Betty's Luncheonette. I had no heart any more, it had been broken; or not broken, it simply wasn't there any more. It had been scooped neatly out of me like the yolk from a hard-boiled egg, leaving the rest of me bloodless and congealed and hollow. I'm heartless, I thought. Therefore I'm homeless.

  Margaret Atwood

  Home, Heart, Eggs

  Margaret Atwood (2007). “The Blind Assassin: A Novel”, p.447, Anchor

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• Truth! Freedom! Justice! And a hard-boiled egg!

  Terry Pratchett

  Eggs, Justice, Hard

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• the test of a cook is how she boils an egg. My boiled eggs are fantastic, fabulous. Sometimes as hard as a 100 carat diamond, or again soft as a feather bed, or running like a cooling stream, they can also burst like fireworks from their shells and take on the look and rubbery texture of a baby octopus. Never a dull egg, with me.

  Nancy Mitford

  Running, Baby, Food

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• I met a lot of hard-boiled eggs in my life, but you - you're twenty minutes.

  Billy Wilder

  Funny, Eggs, Twenties

  "Fictional character: Lorraine". "Ace in the Hole", www.imdb.com. 1951.

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• It might seem that an egg which has succeeded in being fresh has done all that can reasonably be expected of it.

  Henry James

  Food, Eggs, Cooking

  Henry James (1993). “Collected Travel Writings: The Continent”, p.266, Library of America

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• Do not put all your eggs in one basket.

  Warren Buffett

  Easter, Eggs, Investment Success

  Lawrence A. Cunningham, Warren E. Buffett (2013). “The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America (Third Edition)”, p.13, Carolina Academic Press

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• Soon they were all sitting on the rocky ledge, which was still warm, watching the sun go down into the lake. It was the most beautiful evening, with the lake as blue as a cornflower and the sky flecked with rosy clouds. They held their hard-boiled eggs in one hand and a piece of bread and butter in the other, munching happily. There was a dish of salt for everyone to dip their eggs into. ‘I don’t know why, but the meals we have on picnics always taste so much nicer than the ones we have indoors,’ said George.

  Enid Blyton

  Beautiful, Lakes, Clouds

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• A dancer's life is all about repetition.

  Twyla Tharp

  Dancer, Life Is, Repetition

  Twyla Tharp, Mark Reiter (2003). “The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life”, Simon and Schuster

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• Every time you need protein, get yourself a boiled egg in. But your main meals would be chicken, or hummus, or white fish. You can lose about a pound a day. But you can do this stuff over a period of time, and you can have your happy days. It's about motivation and it has to be something that's realistic for you to keep up.

  Tom Hardy

  Motivation, Eggs, White

  "Bronson - Tom Hardy interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• I'm as fixed in my opinion as the man who thought he was a hard-boiled egg.

  Dorothy Canfield Fisher

  Men, Eggs, Opinion

  Dorothy Canfield Fisher (1915). “The Bent Twig”

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• I repeat the wake-up, the workout, the quick shower, the breakfast of three hard-boiled egg whites and a cup of coffee, the hour to make my morning calls and deal with correspondence, the two hours of stretching and working out ideas by myself in the studio ... That's my day, every day. A dancer's life is all about repetition.

  Twyla Tharp

  Dance, Workout, Morning

  Twyla Tharp, Mark Reiter (2003). “The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life”, Simon and Schuster

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• I never met a chocolate I could not eat.

  Danielle Steel

  Wedding, Chocolate, Dessert

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• Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Easter, Investment Success, Chocolate Eggs

  "Moral essays on proverbs". Book by Samuel Palmer, 1710.

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• I'm all for rational enjoyment, and so forth, but I think a fellow makes himself conspicuous when he throws soft-boiled eggs at the electric fan

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Thinking, Eggs, Fans

  P. G. Wodehouse, David A. Jasen (1997). “Enter Jeeves: 15 Early Stories”, p.84, Courier Corporation

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• There's no law that decrees when not to whinge, but you reach a certain age - 80 seems about right - when you're expected to manifest querulousness - the coffee's too hot, the boiled egg's too soft.

  Clement Freud

  Coffee, Eggs, Law

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• Ever notice how these European trains always smell of eau de cologne and hard boiled eggs?

  Billy Wilder

  Eggs, Smell, Cologne

  "Fictional character: Tom Martin". "Arise, My Love", www.imdb.com. 1940.

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• I need to eat before a workout. If I exercise in the morning, I'll have a little oatmeal, cereal, or a hard-boiled egg with toast. If I go in the afternoon, I'll eat a turkey sandwich with cheese for lunch.

  Ana Ortiz

  Workout, Morning, Exercise

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• I'm a terribly irresponsible eater - I love soft-boiled eggs and chocolate. I never met a chocolate I could not eat.

  Danielle Steel

  Eggs, Chocolate, Mets

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• It turns out that Molly wasn't her mother's daughter in that respect. Charity was like the MacGuyver of the kitchen. She could whip up a five-course meal for twelve from an egg, two spaghetti noodles, some household chemicals, and a stick of chewing gum. Molly ... Molly once burned my egg. My boiled egg. I don't know how.

  Jim Butcher

  Daughter, Mother, Eggs

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• Jess:"Sasha? I need some tissue to pack my nose with." Sasha:"Is that hygienically sound?" Jess:"Sasha..." Sasha:"Fine, but if you get toxic shock up your nose, buddy, remember I warned you." Jess pulled a couple out and wedged them into his nostrils. He gave Abigail a sheepish smile. "Sexy, right?" Abby: "Oh yeah, baby. You're so hot right now, if I was a chicken I'd lay hard-boiled eggs.

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Sexy, Baby, Couple

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• I worked as a waiter when I was 15 and got a chance to appreciate good, simple food. There's nothing better than a boiled egg with toast.

  Ewan McGregor

  Simple, Eggs, Appreciate

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