Dessert Quotes - Page 8

• God bless my soul! No apple pie.

  Robert Oliver

  Food, Blessed, Apples

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• We dare not trust our wit for making our house pleasant to our friend, so we buy ice cream.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Ice Cream, House, Dare

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1870). “The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.133, Рипол Классик

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• The egg creams of Avenue A in New York and the root beer float....are among the high points of American gastronomic inventiveness.

  Mark Kurlansky

  New York, Food, Beer

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• Almost everything that I behold in this wonderful country bears traces of improvement and reform - everything except Pie.

  George Augustus Henry Sala

  Country, Pie, Bears

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• The natural term of an apple-pie is but twelve hours. It reaches its highest state about one hour after it comes from the oven, and just before its natural heat has quite departed. But every hour afterward is a declension. And after it is one day old, it is thence-forward but the ghastly corpse of apple-pie.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Food, Apples, Pie

  Henry Ward Beecher (1862). “Eyes and ears”, p.238

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• Thy breath is like the steame of apple-pyes.

  Robert Greene

  Food, Apples, Cooking

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• As for rosemary, I let it run all over my garden walls, not only because my bees love it but because it is the herb sacred to remembrance and to friendship, whence a sprig of it hath a dumb language.

  Thomas More

  Running, Wall, Garden

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• By the time dessert arrives I am usually so drunk, I can't remember what I'm serving.

  Ruby Wax

  Drunk, Remember, I Can

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• The mighty hunter," I quipped as we snuck out the backdoor, escaping into the yard. "He can take down vicious rabids and rampaging boars, but one old lady can make him flee in terror.""One scary old lady," he corrected me, looking relieved to be out of the house. "You didn't hear what she told me when I got up - you're so cute I could put you in a pie. Tell me that's not the creepiest thing you've ever heard." His voice climbed a few octaves, turning shrill and breathy. "Today for dessert, we have apple pie, blueberry pie and Ezekiel pie.

  Julie Kagawa

  Cute, Escaping, Voice

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• And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad, so I had one more for dessert

  Kris Kristofferson

  Beer, Breakfast

  Song: Sunday Morning Coming Down

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• Yeah the appetizer, that's the food we eat before we have our food...No no you're thinking of dessert, that's food we eat after we have our food.

  Jim Gaffigan

  Thinking, Yeah, Appetizers

  Jim Gaffigan (2014). “Food: A Love Story”, p.194, Crown Archetype

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• I have a flat tummy, but I'm not rock hard. If I'm going to be in a bikini, I'll train more and skip desserts for a couple of weeks. But usually, I work out to feel good.

  Nina Dobrev

  Couple, Rocks, Work Out

  "Nina Dobrev's Secrets to Getting Sexy" by Erin Bried, www.self.com. November 15, 2012.

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• Sexual touch is the dessert of married life!

  Laura M. Brotherson

  Married, Married Life

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• Traditional British desserts with lots of custard are my biggest weakness - I particularly love the puds at St. John restaurant in East London.

  Eva Green

  East London, Weakness, Restaurants

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• I'm not going to lie: There are times I play mind tricks on myself, like that the french fries are poison. With desserts, I'll let myself have just one bite, but I'll look like a freak when I'm eating it, like when I did Duncan Hines commercials as a kid, just savoring every morsel.

  Fergie

  Lying, Kids, Play

  ELLE Intreview, www.elle.com. April 7, 2010.

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• We always get dressings and sauces on the side. However, we definitely like our glass of wine - or three sometimes. We order dessert but just take a few bites. I stopped buying processed foods. The hardest part is teaching this to our kids, but slowly we're making progress.

  Dayna Devon

  Teaching, Wine, Kids

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• I'm weird about fruity desserts like lemony, acidic, zesty... I don't like lemon things and orange things, really.

  Chrissy Teigen

  Orange, Lemons

  Source: www.elle.com

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• A good, stinky French cheese or a good Stilton. These are things I really, really love. Dessert I can obviously live without.

  Anthony Bourdain

  Cheese, Stilton, Stinky

  Source: www.chicagotribune.com

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• My husband is the cook at our house. I can make dessert and salad, but I stay away from meals. He makes amazing omelets, fish, and grilled vegetables like Brussels sprouts and cauliflower.

  Dylan Lauren

  Husband, Vegetables, House

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• Cheese for dessert is rather like Paradise Lost in that everyone thinks he ought to like it, but still you don't notice too many people actually curling up with it.

  Peg Bracken

  Thinking, People, Paradise

  1960 The I Hate to Cook Book, ch.9.

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• I got to thinking one day about all those women on the Titanic who passed up dessert at dinner that fateful night.

  Erma Bombeck

  Night, Thinking, One Day

  Erma Bombeck (2013). “Forever, Erma: Best-Loved Writing From America's Favorite Humorist”, p.340, Open Road Media

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• All wishes create an upswing line when it is manifested. Therefore, together, it becomes an incredible upswing of power, whatever you wished. Of course, the more high level wishes, which covers the whole human race is stronger than wishing for getting ice cream for your dessert!

  Yoko Ono

  Ice Cream, Race, Wish

  Source: www.yashawallin.com

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• Here, in L.A., trust me, there will be fireworks from the canapés right through to the desserts.

  Gordon Ramsay

  Trust Me, Fireworks

  Source: www.crushable.com

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• I would be lying if I said I cut out all dessert. When Im training, I try to satisfy those cravings with a slightly healthier dessert, like a piece of dark chocolate or whipped cream and strawberries. Those are two of my favorites!

  Josie Loren

  Lying, Cutting, Dark

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• After my hip operation, I had to cut out butter, which I loved, and salt. I no longer eat desserts with lots of cream, and I've cut right back on alcohol.

  Maeve Binchy

  Cutting, Alcohol, Salt

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