Famous Quotes & Sayings

Daniel Handler

If you have ever slept in a covered casserole dish on the highest peak of a mountain range, then you know that it is an uncomfortable place to lay one's head, even if you find a dish towel inside it that can serve as a blanket.

Mark Twain

That is the way of the scientist. He will spend thirty years in building up a mountain range of facts with the intent to prove a certain theory; then he is so happy with his achievement that as a rule he overlooks the main chief fact of all-that all his accumulation proves an entirely different thing.

Sam Abell

There are grander and more sublime landscapes - to me. There are more compelling cultures. But what appeals to me about central Montana is that the combination of landscape and lifestyle is the most compelling I've seen on this earth. Small mountain ranges and open prairie, and different weather, different light, all within a 360-degree view.

Victoria Moran

I'm over the hill, maybe even the whole mountain range, but I don't see it that way even one little bit.

David Sedaris

Neighbors would pass, and when they honked I'd remember that I was in my Speedo. Then I'd wrap my towel like a skirt around my waist and remind my sisters that this was not girlish but Egyptian, thank you very much.

Emily Giffin

He threw in the towel before we were tested. Maybe because he didn't want to be tested. Maybe because he assumed we would fail. Maybe because, at the time, he just didn't love me enough.

Nathaniel Philbrick

I follow the Patriots, but the Steelers were my first and true love. I still have a Terrible Towel.

Joel Osteen

You know, there is always times where you feel discouraged and things coming against you, but I don't know if I ever wanted to throw in the towel.

Nicholas Sparks

That's good. And speaking of spelling, tell me -- do you wrap your head in a towel after you shower?

Kenny Rogers

It's not all wet towels and naked women. I was so disappointed to learn that.

Charles M. Schulz

A watched supper dish never fills!

Lara Logan

I'm always gonna be crazy about dishes in the sink. Crazy! Because it's a sign of disrespect. It says that you think someone else is going to clean up after you: that you're not prepared to do it yourself.

Sandra Lee

When I was at the Cordon Bleu things took hours and hours and hours to make. And they were beautiful dishes - and I know how to cook that way - but I was like, 'no one is cooking like this.'

Eric Schlosser

One of my favorite dishes in the world used to be steak tartare, which is raw ground beef seasoned and then served.

Granth Sahib

No one offers the rice dishes at their last rites, and no one lights the lamps for them.

Elizabeth Strout

I don't think of myself as a fast reader. I just read a lot. When someone else might think, 'I might do the dishes,' I don't. But then the dishes multiply.

Marcus Samuelsson

Even just a few spices or ethnic condiments that you can keep in your pantry can turn your mundane dishes into a culinary masterpiece.

Elle Varner

One of my favorite dishes is this alfredo I make, and I make the sauce from scratch. I love making everything from scratch.

Bill Engvall

I learned that you don't take dishes from the table to the dishwasher; you have to rinse them first. I think that's stupid because I don't go out in the back yard and hose off before taking a shower.