Mustard Quotes

• I never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is wonderful how often in such matters the mustard-seed germinates and roots itself.

  Florence Nightingale

  Women, Nursing, Opportunity

  "The Life of Florence Nightingale" Vol. II, by Edward Tyas Cook, (p. 406), 1914.

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• I believe mustard to be one of the most amazing condiments.

  Justin Timberlake

  Believe, Most Amazing, Condiments

  Twitter post from Jul 14, 2009

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• I had forgotten what mustard fields looked like... Sheet upon sheet of blazing yellow, half way between sulphur and celandine, with hot golden sunshine pouring down upon them out of a dazzling June sky. It thrilled me like music.

  Monica Baldwin

  Sunshine, Sky, Yellow

  Monica Baldwin (2016). “I Leap Over The Wall - Contrasts And Impressions After Twenty-Eight Years In A Convent”, p.71, Read Books Ltd

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• Courage, not cleverness; not even inspiration, is the grain of mustard that grows up to be a great tree.

  Ludwig Wittgenstein

  Growing Up, Inspiration, Tree

  "Culture and Value" by Ludwig Wittgenstein, translated by Peter Winch, (p. 44e), 1980.

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• ....try the mustard, - a man can't know what turnips are in perfection without mustard.

  Mark Twain

  Men, Perfection, Trying

  Mark Twain, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Mark Twain: All 13 Novels, Short Stories, Poetry and Essays”, p.990, GENERAL PRESS

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• In order for the wheel to turn, for life to be lived, impurities are needed, and the impurities of impurities in the soil, too, as is known, if it is to be fertile. Dissension, diversity, the grain of salt and mustard are needed: Fascism does not want them, forbids them, and that's why you're not a Fascist; it wants everybody to be the same, and you are not. But immaculate virtue does not exist either, or if it exists it is detestable.

  Primo Levi

  Order, Diversity, Growth

  Primo Levi (1995). “The Periodic Table”, Schocken

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• A tale without love is like beef without mustard: insipid.

  Anatole France

  Life, Love Is, Beef

  Anatole France (2015). “The Revolt of the Angels: Works by France”, p.28, 谷月社

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• Almost anything is edible with a dab of French mustard on it.

  Nigel Slater

  Dabs

  Nigel Slater (2005). “The Kitchen Diaries: A Year in the Kitchen with Nigel Slater”, Gotham

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• What say you to a piece of beef and mustard?

  William Shakespeare

  Beef, Pieces, Eating

  'The Taming Of The Shrew' (1592) act 4, sc. 3, l. [23]

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• I think faith is the small mustard seed of opportunities every day. For example, 'Am I going to love this person? Am I going to share my faith with this person? Am I going to pray that little prayer?' It really is a daily thing where you seize those little mustard seed opportunities and then see what God does.

  Mark Batterson

  Prayer, Opportunity, Thinking

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• Ham with mustard is a meal of glory

  Dodie Smith

  Meals, Ham, Glory

  Dodie Smith (2017). “I Capture the Castle: Young Adult Edition”, p.154, St. Martin's Griffin

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• The Midwest breeds funny, eccentric people, to varying degrees. You play shows not because you're expecting to get a record deal, but to do something fun outside of mowing lawns. Everything else is just gravy... Or mustard.

  Patrick Carney

  Fun, Play, People

  "The Black Keys". Interview with Matt Diehl, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 26, 2012.

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• I have a mustard seed; and I am not afraid to use it.

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Catholic, Use, Mustard Seed

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• Energy, like the biblical grain of the mustard-seed, will remove mountains.

  Hosea Ballou

  Biblical, Mountain, Energy

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• I send you a kaffis of mustard seed, that you may taste and acknowledge the bitterness of my victory.

  Alexander the Great

  Victory, May, Taste

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• I am not an intellectual. An intellectual is someone who looks at a sausage and thinks of Picasso, whereas I just say 'pass the mustard'.

  Sebastian Horsley

  Thinking, Intellectual, Looks

  "Horsley play brings outrage back to the Soho stage" by Vanessa Thorpe, www.theguardian.com. May 1, 2010.

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• Son of a mustard sandwich, that ends tonight!

  John Cena

  Son, Wwe, Sandwiches

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• So do you want a turd sandwich or a turd sandwich with mustard. I'd go with the mustard, but still, it's a turd sandwich.

  Cody Lundin

  Survival, Sandwiches, Want

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• Of course it is,’ said the Duchess, who seemed ready to agree to everything that Alice said; ‘there’s a large mustard-mine near here. And the moral of that is– “The more there is of mine, the less there is of yours.

  Lewis Carroll

  Moral, Duchess, Said

  Lewis Carroll (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Lewis Carroll (Illustrated)”, p.128, Delphi Classics

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• When you go to a bar that has a black light, everybody looks cool. Except for me, because I was under the impression that the mustard stain came out.

  Mitch Hedberg

  Funny, Humor, Light

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• Mustard's no good without roast beef.

  Leonard Marx

  Food, Cooking, Beef

  "Fictional character: Chico". "Monkey Business", www.imdb.com. 1931.

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• Feelings, whether of compassion or irritation, should be welcomed, recognized, and treated on an absolutely equal basis; because both are ourselves. The tangerine I am eating is me. The mustard greens I am planting are me. I plant with all my heart and mind. I clean this teapot with the kind of attention I would have were I giving the baby Buddha or Jesus a bath. Nothing should be treated more carefully than anything else. In mindfulness, compassion, irritation, mustard green plant, and teapot are all sacred.

  Nhat Hanh

  Baby, Jesus, Buddhist

  Thich Nhat Hanh (1996). “The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation”, p.61, Beacon Press

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• It's horrible to think that a small cadre of people would manipulate that information. I mean, for God's sake, we've admitted that we were experimenting on our veterans with mustard gas. So there is no security question. It can't possibly be the reason.

  Dwight Schultz

  Thank You, Memorial Day, Mean

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• As long as we have unsolved problems, unfulfilled desires, and a mustard seed of faith, we have all we need for a vibrant prayer life.

  John Ortberg

  Prayer, Long, Desire

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• It's kind of a tradition that you get a rookie, put him in the middle, wrap your arms and legs around him, then douse him with everything you can get a hold of - shaving cream, ketchup, mustard, everything. It's kind of like a pie in the face after a guy is successful.

  Gary Carter

  Successful, Pie, Shaving Cream

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