Croissants Quotes

• "Croissant": However you choose to pronounce it at home, it is perhaps worth nothing that outside the United States, the closer you can come to saying "kwass-ohn," the sooner you can expect to be presented with one.

  Bill Bryson

  Home, United States, You Choose

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• Part of life and part of the enjoyment of life is a croissant and a chocolate cake and eggs and milkshakes and oatmeal. There's so many things, you have to learn to appreciate it all. When I don't eat as much as I should, I'm not fun to be around; I'm fussy.

  Nina Dobrev

  Fun, Cake, Eggs

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• My weak spot is laziness. Oh, I have a lot of weak spots: cookies, croissants.

  Anthony Hopkins

  Laziness, Weak Spots, Cookies

  "Anthony Hopkins Interviewed - FRACTURE". Interview with Steve 'frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. April 2, 2007.

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• You know why the French hate us so much? Thay gave us the croissant. And you know what we did with it? We turned it into our croissandwich, thank you very much.

  Denis Leary

  Funny, Hate, Humor

  "Denis Leary: No Cure for Cancer". Documentary, Comedy, www.imdb.com. 1993.

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• Paris in the early morning has a cheerful, bustling aspect, a promise of delicious things to come, a positive smell of coffee and croissants, quite peculiar to itself. The people welcome a new day as if they were certain of liking it, the shopkeepers pull up their blinds serene in the expectation of good trade, the workers go happily to their work, the people who have sat up all night in night-clubs go happily to their rest, the orchestra of motor-car horns, of clanking trams, of whistling policemen tunes up for the daily symphony, and everywhere is joy.

  Nancy Mitford

  Morning, Coffee, Night

  Nancy Mitford (1963). “The Nancy Mitford Omnibus”

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• I realize it has become too easy to find a diet to fit in with whatever you happen to feel like eating and that diets are not there to be picked and mixed but picked and stuck to, which is exactly what I shall begin to do once I've eaten this chocolate croissant.

  Helen Fielding

  Chocolate, Realizing, Fit

  Helen Fielding (2013). “The Bridget Jones Omnibus: The Singleton Years: Bridget Jones's Diary & The Edge of Reason”, p.48, Pan Macmillan

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• When people think science and cooking, they have no idea that it's not correctly expressed. We're actually applying the scientific method. People think chemistry and physics are science, but the scientific method is something else.... It's the science that the world of cooking generates: science of butter; science of the croissant.

  Ferran Adria

  Thinking, Ideas, People

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• I am a God, so hurry up with my damn massage; in a French-ass restaurant, hurry up with my damn croissants.

  Kanye West

  Inspirational, Massage, Restaurants

  Song: I Am A God, Album: Yeezus, 2013

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• My weak spot is laziness. I have a lot of weak spots - cookies, croissants; my wife is always lecturing me about this, I tend to put it all down as habit or it's just acting.

  Anthony Hopkins

  Wife, Acting, Weak Spots

  "Anthony Hopkins Talks Fracture". MovieWeb Interview, movieweb.com. April 17, 2007.

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• America being behind France in upward mobility is a little bit like France being behind America in Croissants and Afternoon Sex.

  Arianna Huffington

  Sex, America, Mobility

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• According to a new poll, Republicans are more likely to have a doughnut for breakfast, while Democrats prefer to eat bagels and croissants. While Independents are that annoying friend who's still looking at the menu after 15 minutes.

  Jimmy Fallon

  Bagels, Breakfast, Republican

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• People who concern themselves with the rights of other adults who engage in consensual acts involving sex, love, and/or eating croissants together are damaged and in pain.

  Rob Delaney

  Sex, Pain, Rights

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• Nellie Gomez awoke to a splitting headache. Worse, she was still hungry. "Where's my croissant?" she demanded of the person leaning over her. "Dear child," came a strangely familiar voice. "Don't 'dear child' me!" she snapped. The twenty-two-year-old punk rocker ran black-polished fingernails through black-and-orange-dyed hair, which did nothing to soothe the pounding behind her black-shaded eyes. "Give me my croissant or I'll–" It was then that she suddenly realized she was threatening the venerable Alistair Oh. "Alistair, what are you doing here?

  Gordon Korman

  Children, Eye, Hair

  Gordon Korman, Scholastic Multi-Platform, (2011). “The 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers Book 1: The Medusa Plot”, p.52, Scholastic Inc.

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• Mona knocked at the wrong time. “Uh…yeah…wait a minute, Mona -- ” Mona shouted through the door. “Room service, gentlemen. Just pull the covers up.” Michael grinned at Jon. “My roommate. Brace yourself.” Seconds later, Mona burst through the doorway with a tray of coffee and croissants. “Hi! I’m Nancy Drew! You must be the Hardy Boys!

  Armistead Maupin

  Coffee, Boys, Doors

  Armistead Maupin (1989). “Tales of the city ; More tales of the city ; Further tales of the city: an omnibus”, Vintage

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• What's the big deal with France? How come everyone wants to go there? Let me tell you about France. Their music sucks. Their movies suck. Their berets suck. Their croissants are pretty good, but the place overall still sucks.My family went there once on the way to visit Dad's homeland family. EuroDisney. Need I say more?

  David Levithan

  Dad, Needs, Want

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2007). “Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List”, p.117, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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