Limes Quotes

A real gimlet is half gin and half Rose's lime juice and nothing else.

— Raymond Chandler

Just sprinkle a little lime to neutralize the acid.

— Tom DeLay

I'd have to say Sunset Salsa. Nothing against Honey Lime, but it's for losers.

— Jim Gaffigan

When you're 25 or 30, you know, you can't wear lime-green eye shadow anymore.

— Taylor Swift

Let there be seasons so that our tongues will be rich in asparagus and limes.

— Anne Sexton

If life gives you limes, make margaritas.

— Jimmy Buffett

I love key lime pie, although it's never made the proper way.

— Paula Poundstone

They say the recipe for Sprite is lemon and lime. I tried to make it at home. There's more to it than…

— Mitch Hedberg

When life hands you lemons, you squirt them in the eye, than yell that you wanted limes!

— Amanda Day

Now lemme get this straight," she said in a throaty, nasal voice. "You put the lime in the cocanut and drink 'em…

— Lauren Kate

Laws are not made like lime-twigs or nets, to catch everything that toucheth them; but rather like sea-marks, to guide from shipwreck…

— Philip Sidney

My chosen drink would be a Southern Comfort, lime and lemonade, a dry martini or a good red wine.

— Nikki Sanderson

You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at…

— Neil Gaiman

I love a Hebrew National hot dog with an ice-cold Corona - no lime. If the phone rings, I won't answer until…

— Maya Angelou

You know what they say: 'Why sit at a table that doesn't have key lime pie on it if you don't have…

— Sloane Crosley

By the immediate preservation of eggs for home consumption through the use of water glass or lime water, larger supplies of fresh…

— David F. Houston

People have been cooking and eating for thousands of years, so if you are the very first to have thought of adding…

— Fran Lebowitz

I like lime-flavoured yoghurt. The end. There is no religion. It’s a man-made fabrication. Once you understand that, you’ll be a happier…

— John Lydon

My selective memory of what drinking was like told me that standing at the bar in a pub, on a summer's evening…

— Eric Clapton

It's great to see part of my culture doing so well in the sport that I'm involved in, a sport that I…

— Chris Algieri

The private buildings [of Virginia] are very rarely constructed of stone or brick; much the greatest proportion being of scantlingand boards, plastered…

— Thomas Jefferson

Truth is what every man sees lurking at the bottom of his own soul, like the oyster shell housewives put in the…

— Christopher Morley

Unlike dragons, I love spicy salsa. In fact, the spicier the better. For me, the ideal taco toppings are chopped onion, some…

— Adam Rubin

Eighteen luscuios scrumpitous flavors, Chocolate,Lime and Cherry Coffee,Pumpkin, Fudge-Banana, Caramel Cream and boysenberry. Rocky Road and Toasted Almond, Butterscotch,Vanilla Dip, Butter Brinkle,…

— Shel Silverstein

Fresh pitsand, however, in spite of all its excellence in concrete structures, is not equally useful in stucco, the richness of which,…

— Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

Well apparently nothing as of December 13, 1978. There was 20 trained police officers came to the house, with a warrant..searched the…

— John Wayne Gacy

“She felt like a dry branch, sticking out of the air. Brittle, covered in old bark. Maybe she was thirsty, but there…

— Clarice Lispector

It was a morning in early summer. A silver haze shimmered and trembled over the lime trees. The air was laden with…

— Bernard Berenson

What can you say about a man who leaps from a helicopter over Manhattan without a parachute in the hope that by…

— David Edelstein

Busy is good, isn't it? Busy means we're hard at it, achieving our ends or "goals." Haven't had time to stop, or…

— Sebastian Faulks

And you, my best friend on earth, my soul sister who shares Chunky Monkey scoops and beefcake e-mails at the drop of…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

On my desk, I always have a lemon or a lime drying. I love the fragrance. Also, a Staedtler eraser, a brush…

— Maira Kalman

Take life with a pinch of salt A shot of tequila and a wedge of lime Do nothing at all But take…

— John Walter Bratton

If thou lookest on the lime-leaf, Thou a heart's form will discover; Therefore are the lindens ever Chosen seats of each fond…

— Heinrich Heine

What is sublime? / the artist said. / I haven't time / to be well read. / To be sub lime /…

— Walter Darby Bannard

Everything went smoothly at the sailing events today, except for the British team. They forgot to bring limes and they all got…

— Craig Ferguson

The perfect recipe for a margarita is 2 ounces tequila, 2 ounces fresh lime juice, 1 ounce Cointreau, and a tiny splash…

— Mario Batali

I don't mean to get all religious here, but I'm pretty sure key lime martinis (with a graham cracker & sugar rim)…

— Jen Lancaster

If you say, 'Oh, there was a little bit of acidity from the lime juice on the left side of my tongue,…

— Pete Wells

I am convinced, by repeated observation, that marbles, lime-stones, chalks, marls, clays, sand, and almost all terrestrial substances, wherever situated, are full…

— Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon