--- title: "7 Bags Quotes By Sandra Cisneros" description: "7 Bags quotes by Sandra Cisneros. Plus more from Sandra Cisneros and more Bags sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d0/sandra-cisneros-862_bags_my-idea-of-a-meal-if-i-was-hungry-was-to_435382.png" --- > [My idea of a meal, if I was hungry, was to open a bag of potato chips.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/my-idea-of-a-meal-if-i-was-hungry-was-to-open-a-bag-of-potato-chips/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d0/sandra-cisneros-862_bags_my-idea-of-a-meal-if-i-was-hungry-was-to_435382.png) > [ I don't like to go into subways, because I always see them \[ mice\]. They are like my naguales \[kindred animal spirits\].… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-don-t-like-to-go-into-subways-because-i-always-see-them-mice-they/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/957/sandra-cisneros-862_animal_i-don-t-like-to-go-into-subways-because_611382.png) > [If you have potato chips, that means, "Who's coming over?"Wealthy people - white people who're wealthy - have a bag of potato…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/if-you-have-potato-chips-that-means-who-s-coming-over-wealthy-people/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/230/sandra-cisneros-862_bags_if-you-have-potato-chips-that-means-who_1029866.png) > [ My trainer taught me, because he's Iranian, and that's a beautiful snack \[pistachios\]. I have some with me, actually, in my bag.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/my-trainer-taught-me-because-he-s-iranian-and-that-s-a-beautiful/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/017/sandra-cisneros-862_bags_my-trainer-taught-me-because-he-s-irania_1509140.jpg) > [You know, if you've got nine people that you've got to get a treat for - because you do have sweet food,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/you-know-if-you-ve-got-nine-people-that-you-ve-got-to-get-a-treat-for/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f51/sandra-cisneros-862_bags_you-know-if-you-ve-got-nine-people-that_1512637.jpg) > [Mom used to walk with me for something like two or three miles to get to the day-old bakery. They had those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/mom-used-to-walk-with-me-for-something-like-two-or-three-miles-to-get/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d4/sandra-cisneros-862_bagels_mom-used-to-walk-with-me-for-something-l_1609455.jpg) > [The TSA tears through your bags at the airport and the NSA watches what books you buy and what you say over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/the-tsa-tears-through-your-bags-at-the-airport-and-the-nsa-watches/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b7/sandra-cisneros-862_airports_the-tsa-tears-through-your-bags-at-the-a_2942553.png) ## Other authors on Bags ## More by Sandra Cisneros > [We tend to think of orphans as being the protagonist of stories we read when we're kids, and yet here you are: you're an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/we-tend-to-think-of-orphans-as-being-the-protagonist-of-stories-we/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) > [I'm learning a lot by reading teachers like Thich Nhat Hanh, Pema Chodron. They teach me because I feel like I have a responsibility…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-m-learning-a-lot-by-reading-teachers-like-thich-nhat-hanh-pema/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) > [I never know what something is going to be until it emerges from the womb and you see the crown of its head and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-never-know-what-something-is-going-to-be-until-it-emerges-from-the/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) > [Believe it or not, Mexican cooking, for those of you who have not gone farther south than Taco Bell, uses a lot of vegetables.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/believe-it-or-not-mexican-cooking-for-those-of-you-who-have-not-gone/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) > [I feel that I can teach my listener about a new word they can use too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-feel-that-i-can-teach-my-listener-about-a-new-word-they-can-use-too/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) > [Now I feel life is really short and I have to take care of things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/now-i-feel-life-is-really-short-and-i-have-to-take-care-of-things/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) > [To this day, on my cheat days from my diet, which are New Year's Eve and my birthday, I buy luxury foods that are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/to-this-day-on-my-cheat-days-from-my-diet-which-are-new-year-s-eve/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) > [You can never have too much sky . You can fall asleep and wake up drunk on sky, and sky can keep you safe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/you-can-never-have-too-much-sky-you-can-fall-asleep-and-wake-up-drunk/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) > [ \[Jorge Luis Borges\] had short stories, and I was trying to learn how to write short stories, and then he had these things in… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/jorge-luis-borges-had-short-stories-and-i-was-trying-to-learn-how-to/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) > [I want to thank you, especially those people who are agnostic or atheist. I don't mean any offense by the things I said of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-want-to-thank-you-especially-those-people-who-are-agnostic-or/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) > [ We changed it to emocionó, the way you say in Spanish, "to emotion me" \[to be moved\]. That, as opposed to "haunt." We wanted… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/we-changed-it-to-emocion-the-way-you-say-in-spanish-to-emotion-me-to/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) > [When I'm starting to feel, "How many more people are there?" I go slower. I ask questions, and that person engaging with me gives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/when-i-m-starting-to-feel-how-many-more-people-are-there-i-go-slower/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) > [I've put up with too much, too long, and now I'm just too intelligent, too powerful, too beautiful, too sure of who I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-ve-put-up-with-too-much-too-long-and-now-i-m-just-too-intelligent/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) > [If we got an educational program going, we could tell people, "Instead of butter, use avocado." That's something we eat, it has the good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/if-we-got-an-educational-program-going-we-could-tell-people-instead/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) > [I always have to have sweet and salty. I know some of you are going to say, "Oh, I tried dates. I hate them."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-always-have-to-have-sweet-and-salty-i-know-some-of-you-are-going-to/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bags/sandra-cisneros/#itemlist", "name": "7 Bags Quotes By Sandra Cisneros", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My idea of a meal, if I was hungry, was to open a bag of potato chips.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sandra Cisneros" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/my-idea-of-a-meal-if-i-was-hungry-was-to-open-a-bag-of-potato-chips/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d0/sandra-cisneros-862_bags_my-idea-of-a-meal-if-i-was-hungry-was-to_435382.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d0/sandra-cisneros-862_bags_my-idea-of-a-meal-if-i-was-hungry-was-to_435382.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d0/sandra-cisneros-862_bags_my-idea-of-a-meal-if-i-was-hungry-was-to_435382.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My idea of a meal, if I was hungry, was to open a bag of potato chips.” — Sandra Cisneros", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't like to go into subways, because I always see them [ mice]. 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